Therefore, one more problem which policy makers in the world must watch out for is maintaining security. This will be hard enough when police, security guards and soldiers are sick and dying in large numbers.
Of course, terrorists are not immune to bird flu, and some will no doubt become sick and die just as everyone else. But since we cannot count on bird flu incapacitating all of them, we must prepare to guard against attacks.
Many terrorists do prefer to meticulously plan and prepare for their attacks. During a pandemic society will not be on a regular basis, and therefore it'll be harder to make detailed plans that assume society will maintain its established order. However, the relative chaos and anarchy will make it easier to carry out small scale but strategically targeted bombings.
In some countries, there may be so much anti-government sentiment and activity that terrorism will be unnecessary. Terrorists looking to attack the established order may find that bombs just aren't necessary -- there're too many demonstrators and rioters in the streets already. One bomb more or less won't make any difference.
It's possible that in prodominately Islamic countries those that preach a return to an extreme interpretation of the Koran and sharia as a way to avoid Allah's wrath in the form of bird flu will find a ready audience of the fearful and grief-stricken.
It's also possible that in many countries those that are able to use the bird flu pandemic to seize power from the government will be opportunists and strong-arm criminal dictators who have no sincere interest in rule by Islamic law. They will impose rule by force upon a population decimated by bird flu and looking for a way to return to normal.
Terrorists may take advantage of U.S. disorganization and law enforcement personnel shortages to enter the country from either the northern or southern borders.
As ordinary citizens, we cannot guard nuclear power plants or similar targets, but we can help maintain order in our own neighborhoods, and look for danger in the form of both criminals and terrorists.
Terrorists who really analyze the world situation may well conclude that it's important to strike at the United States while we are distracted and weakened by the bird flu pandemic.
Our main world rival, China, will be weakened even more so. It's quite possible that in China there'll be widespread violence in the countryside against the government, and conflicts between regions. It is possible it could break up into different countries.
It's possible that a great ally of terrorism, North Korea, could see a political change. North Koreans have withstood massive starvation in the past twenty years. Will they also passively accept widespread death by bird flu?
Iran's mullahtocracy could be overturned by its dissatisfied citizens. Though the House of Saud may be overturned by Islamic fanatics.
A bird flu pandemic could be a bad time to be the government -- in many countries around the world. Yet the United States, although facing violence and chaos, has the best chance of emerging from the pandemic politically intact. And although we'd be economically weakened, we'd be in relatively better shape than the rest of the world, similar to our situation at the end of World War 2 -- which terrorists would hate.
Governments around the world recognize the potential for a serious bird flu pandemic to drive them from power, which is why they are working so hard despite political differences to contain the virus.
However, terrorists have no such interest in maintaining the present order. Therefore, we must assume they may take advantage of the situation. They may get little or no publicity while the world is preoccupied with millions of bird flu deaths, but they may be able to damage needed infrastructure.
Bird Flu H5n1 Virus
The Chinese government agrees with its scientists and sustain that the new developed vaccine will cut a key link in the transmission chain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza among water fowl.
The scientists that developed the mentioned vaccine were working at the Key Laboratory of Animal Influenza and used a technique called reverse genetics. They have altered the genome sequence of the virus to construct the vaccine that will prove to be effective to both poultry and mammals.
It was then taken a decision of administrating the vaccine to fowls in the country's key water areas.
Tests proved that the vaccine will help the poultry population to fight the bird flu virus called H5N1 three weeks after their vaccination. The vaccine will be effective at least 10 months with 4 months longer than the existing bird flu preventive drugs.
With its efficiency proved, the Chinese bird flu drug got registered as a veterinary drug.
If laboratory experiments and test results are not enough it is good to say that field tests show the efficiency of the treatment. If the ducks and geese have received two shots, they can produce antibodies that might prevent bird flu. These shots will be effective for at least 10 months even against the H5N1 virus.
Chinese scientists developed advanced bird flu tests technologies too. Their tests are able to detect H5, H7 or H9 subgroups of the bird flu in only a few hours.
The research was done because of bird flu began to mean a more and more serious problem in the last years. Everyone got alarmed when bird flu first occurred in humans in 1997 in Hong Kong. Until that moment it was believed that bird flu only affects birds. The ability of avian viruses to infect humans raised many questions. The conclusion was that if the virus could pass to humans it can mean the next pandemic.
The first noticed outbreak in 1997 infected 18 persons and 6 of them died. In 2003 another case is seen, two persons got infected and one of them died. In the Far East 10 deaths have been reported in 2004. T
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