To answer
the general worries and questions about bird flu, we assembled
an animated panel of doctors.
Bird Flu
seminar continues on from where "Surviving bird flu"
movie ends, the seminar answers in detail more than 30 questions
and is 40 minutes long. Refer the questions below and have
a look at preview for more details.
Some of the questions answered
in seminar
-- Are children at a greater risk of getting avian influenza?
-- Are imported vegetables grown using chicken manure as
fertilizers,safe to eat?
-- Are there any other treatments available for bird flu?
-- Are these antiviral drugs enough to protect people from
bird flu?
-- But should every country be concerned about bird flu?
-- But these are also the symptoms of common cold, can you
differentiate between them ?
-- But why have the scientist not been able to develop a
vaccine ?
-- Can chicken flu infect an unborn child?
-- Can this avian influenza affect people?
-- Can you please specify as to what instability means in
context of virus?
-- Can you tell us more about this bird flu virus?
-- How can I reduce my risk and protect my family and myself?
-- How do they work?
-- How does it jump from bird to human, I thought it could
only infect birds?
-- How does the transmission of influenza occurs within
Humans?
-- How does this vaccine work?
-- I am from Sweden, will my country get it too?
-- I eat chicken regularly will I get it?
-- I often travel to other countries how should I protect
myself from virus ?
-- If I were exposed to avian influenza in birds, how long
would it take for me to become sick?
-- Is it going to spread worldwide?
-- Is it safe to eat eggs?
-- Is the canned and processed poultry products safe to
eat?
-- Is there a vaccine against influenza virus? Does it work?
-- Is there any human-to-human transmission now?
-- What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
-- What is this pandemic that you talk about?
-- What symptoms will I have if I get infected by bird flu
virus?
-- What will make a pandemic more likely to happen?
-- When is the next pandemic due?
-- Why is H5N1 virus causing so much concern?
-- Will antibiotics work against Influenza?
-- Will I get bird flu if I remove bird feces from my car,
garden etc.? How should I remove them?
-- Will it arrive in winter like normal flu?
-- Will that vaccine cause a side effect?
-- Will these medicines cause side effects?
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