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Outbreak: Frightening H7N9 Study: “Authorities Should Definitely Be Alarmed and Get Prepared for the Worst-Case Scenario”

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While U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention director Tom Frieden suggests there is no cause for panic over the H7N9 influenza strain and says that Americans, “go about their daily lives,” this unusually dangerous virus has concerned officials at the CDC to such an extent that they are rapidly working to develop an effective vaccine in the event it makes its way to North America.

According to the World Health Organization, the H7N9 bird flu virus is one the most lethal influenza strains ever identified. The first case appeared in China in late February and has since spread to scores of others, with at least 109 cases having been reported to WHO thus far, 22 of which have resulted in death. This amounts to a kill rate of 20%. These are laboratory confirmations, so in all likelihood there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of others who may be infected with the virus that haven’t received medical attention.

In the last 24 hours officials in Taiwan confirmed the first case of the virus outside of China. The patient was originally hospitalized on April 12, but confirmation of the virus did not come until nearly two weeks later, suggesting that the official numbers and the reality on the ground are starkly different.

Moreover, as reported by WHO, half of the H7N9 cases identified are individuals who have had no prior contact with poultry.

If true, this would be strong evidence that H7N9 has already achieved “human-to-human transmission,” turning it into a “nightmare influenza” that might already be spreading across the population.

That status is not proven yet, however, and more observation is needed before such a conclusion could be substantiated.

“If H7N9 were to stably adapt to humans, it would probably meet with little or no human immunity,” writes Peter Horby from Nature.com. “Detecting and tracking a partially human-adapted H7N9 virus in a city as vast as Shanghai or Beijing would be difficult; tracking a fully adapted virus would be impossible. And it could easily spread nationally and internationally.

Source: Natural News

While transmission between humans is not yet confirmed, the South China Morning Post cites a frightening study that suggests the virus is  mutating at an alarming rate:

The new bird flu could be mutating up to eight times faster than an average flu virus around a protein that binds it to humans, a team of research scientists in Shenzhen says.

Dr He Jiankui, an associate professor at South University of Science and Technology of China, said yesterday that the authorities should be alarmed by the results of their research and step up monitoring and control efforts to prevent a possible pandemic.

“It happened in just one or two weeks. The speed may not have caught up with the HIV, but it’s quite unusual for a flu.”

The fast mutation makes the virus’ evolutionary development very hard to predict. “We don’t know whether it will evolve into something harmless or dangerous,” He said. “Our samples are too limited. But the authorities should definitely be alarmed and get prepared for the worst-case scenario.

It’s impossible for the general public to know how this virus has mutated. Government officials in China are not sharing any specific details, and as noted, there are significant delays between the time a patient enters the hospital and when the virus is confirmed as H7N9.

Furthermore, if this virus has become transmittable by way of human to human contact it’s likely that government officials, in an effort to prevent panic, will wait as long as possible before they disseminate information to the public.

There is not much we can do unless we know it’s coming. The evidence thus far indicates the virus is continuing to spread. We really don’t know if it has gone human-to-human, and we may not know until it’s too late.

The Chinese study cited above suggests that authorities start preparing for a worst-case scenario.

We suggests individuals do the same and take steps now to prepare for a pandemic.

Stay up to date with information as it becomes available. If it’s confirmed that humans can pass this to each other, then avoid densely populated areas, especially schools, sporting events or any public gatherings. A 20% kill rate is not something to gamble with, so avoiding external human contact should this go critical is key to survival.

With the ease of travel across the globe, it won’t take long at all for this virus to appear in every major city on the planet.

The Black Death wiped out nearly one-third of Europe’s population in the mid 1300′s (incidentally, this plague reportedly started in China). The Spanish Flu infected half a billion people across the globe and killed upwards of 50 million in the early 1900′s.

It’s only a matter of time before the next mass pandemic makes its way across the world, and all of our technological advancements and modern day implements will be powerless to stop it.

Hat tip Satori for reference links

This article has been contributed by SHTF Plan. Visit www.SHTFplan.com for alternative news, commentary and preparedness info.


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    • Paul Gilbert

      Nostradamus
      The great plague of the maritime city
      Will not cease until there be avenged the death
      Of the just blood, condemned for a price without crime
      Of the great lady outraged by pretense.
      Hong Kong as “the maritime city

      Mother Shipton
      A plague leaving many dead
      Russian/Chinese alliance, indication of war leaving many dead.
      And physics find no remedy;
      For this is worse than leprosy.
      Oh many signs for all to see;
      The truth of this true prophecy.

      St Hildegard
      many plagues. [After the] great Comet, the great nation will be devastated by earthquakes, storms, and great waves of water, causing much want and plagues

      Alois Irlmaier
      The airplanes drop a yellow powder between the Black Sea and the North Sea. Thus a death strip is created, straight from the Black Sea to the North Sea, as wide as half of Bavaria. In this zone no grass can grow let alone humans live.

    • Paul Gilbert

      7 Worst Killer Plagues in history

      Smallpox Killed more than 300 million people mortality rate of 30–35%

      Spanish Flu Killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide

      Black Death Killed 75 million people worldwide mortality rate of 30-75%

      Malaria Kills about 2 million people per year

      AIDS Killed 25 million people worldwide

      Cholera hundreds of thousands killed worldwide

      Typhus Killed 3 million people between 1918 and 1922 alone

      • Medusafern

        So the Earth population is: 6,973,738,433. I’m forgetting my math – what’s 20% of that?

      • Medusafern

        I think I got it, it’s 1,394,747,686 which I think is one billion 394 million, etc. Yikes. That’s a lot of people…

      • ThenAgain

        Some of those were developed in govt labs. Also, most major diseases today are caused by vaccines contaminated by viruses. See Dr. Tent Autoimmune Epidemic.

        That’s not really for you, you’re a troll posting fear crap. My post is for real readers.

    • Medusafern

      There are two items everyone needs to have to protect against this flu. Oil of Oregano – read about it, it cures influenzas easily, safely and naturally, and Colloidal Silver. Oil of Oregano apparently has a terrible taste so people dilute it water or otherwise. You can find both of these products on amazon. com. There are a lot of brands of Colloidal Silver. Silverbiotics or ASAP brand have been recommended to me. In terms of Oil of Oregano, many of them have a 70% concentration, I saw one in the 80′s range – Natural Factors brand, and I saw one that was from Italy, looked rather homemade, claimed upper 80′s range. I’m thinking the Natural Factors looks like a good one. Read Amazon customer reviews to read testimonials about how both supplements work. Don’t rely on medical doctors – at best they’ll have an ineffective vaccine to give you, but a vaccine hasn’t been figured out for H7N9 yet. These are remedies that have been known about for ages and have stood the test of time.

    • PointBreak

      We panic once a week about something like this and nothing ever happens; bird flu, pig flu, mad cow, ebola, hanta, etc, etc. Lets all freak out about this when it hit’s something more than 6 cases – like 100,000 – and it’s made it to America. Until then, stfu you alarmist ninnies.

      • An Observer

        Agreed.

        Getting tired of new fear porn every week.

        Once it passes and nothing happens, the fear porn poster just moves onto the next thing that might kill us all in a month.

      • Medusafern

        Unfortunately something *is* going to happen this time. If not with H7N9, then other things such as the dollar/gold/silver/bitcoin collapsing, larger EQ’s, the onset of the Global Coastal flooding Event, larger meteorites, larger solar flares, martial law, the collapse of government, etc. are all very likely coming. That and if the power grid goes down…the nuke plants…well, hopefully people will work with rather than against each other. If we can’t prevent the events at least we can choose how to react to them. Teaming up with friends, family and neighbors is always a better choice than going it solo.

        Chuckle now, but I bet none of us will be in the near future. Because three different teams of Remote Viewers from three different facilities have agreed on a number of key occurrences in our immediate future. One of these teams is headed by the father of Remote Viewing, Major Ed Dames, who has a decades-long experience as a highly-trained military grade Remote Viewer, another team is headed by Courtney Brown of The Farsight Institute, and the third individual is named Clif High. He has video lectures on YT as well.

        Of course this all sounds very far-fetched, but Remote Viewing is like no other method on the planet. Highly-trained, disciplined, focused, targeted psychic ability which was originally developed by the military for the purposes of espionage, but is now used openly. Remote Viewers are able to see discernable images of coming events, or where to find missing, deceased children, or even trivial matters such as how to do well in the stock market. Suspend judgment and listen to these interviews/discussions about RV and I bet you won’t think I’m crazy anymore.

        Major Ed Dames: The Father of RV. Author of ‘The Kill-Shot’, although he knows much more now about events occurring prior to the Killshot than he previously knew. This interview just came out this week. Ed talks about what the next year or two have in store for us. Not very good stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9XpJU6k4Y

        Courtney Brown. He is very technical but he explains the process of Remote Viewing in excellent detail and he discusses alarming events on our horizon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLMnUybkVA

        Clif High. He uses a combination of RV and some sort of computer software, but he’s getting similar data (not all the same, though – he, for instance, says that a large dam will break in the near future). He also says that the dollar/economy/gold/silver/bitcoin is likely to collapse by the end of April and that on or about May 20, the first of a series of Global Coastal event/s will begin, the onset stage to last about 7 days, during which there will be at least one EQ, probably in the Northwest, as well as much flooding. Grid pretty much going down… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELefkJPHQLs

        So surely you are welcome to take all of this with a grain of salt if you like, but it doesn’t hurt to have a plan just in case. If you’re in a coastal area you will probably want to get to a higher elevation. Doesn’t hurt to have some basic survival supplies and extra food/water. Godspeed to all. And if this H7N9 proves to be the killer it’s thought to be, PLEASE get yourself some Oil of Oregano and some Colloidal Silver. These two natural substances have a strong record of killing pneumonia and flu viruses. Thanks!

    • Anonymous

      F E A R P O R N ! ! ! ! !

    • iamdlogan

      You folks need to take a writing course…or at least have your work proof-read BEFORE you are allowed to post…your first paragraph is a mess…

    • gapatriot

      Well this may be the one Ive been waiting for,only problem is the kill rate is too low to suit me.Im waiting on the virus with a 50-75% kill rate.The world will be a better place when we the people are gone from it.If the world only had half its current population the world would be a better place.So if it takes a virus to kill half the population Im all for it.Maybe I will survive maybe not,if I dont survive then it wont matter anyways,and if I do survive,then I will be better off with out all the competition for resources.
      Bring it on,lets get some good viruses going through the world population,lets thin the herd so to speak,only the strong and well prepared shall survive.

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