I got the graph from the same website as the exam board. Not only that, but compared my data to theirs and I found out that the data was not the same, so not accurate. For example, in my data Egypt had 18 cases and 10 deaths but in the exam boards data it says that only 14 cases and 6 deaths in 14th of September 2006. My data was recorded through the whole year, but why does my graph say that there wasn’t any deaths or cases in Cambodia (2004) however in the exams boards data there were actually 6 cases and 6 deaths both were recorded through the whole year too. Maybe the doctors in Cambodia did not know how these people died or if they had bird flu until 2009. Sometimes doctors makes mistakes, the people may have died by poison in the food or even the ones who said they had bird flu may only been a fever. Cambodia is an LMDC country so they may have some poor doctors for people who are not rich enough to have their own private doctors,
There are still some cases today even some people died of bird flu in 2009!! I never thought there would be this many deaths (China, Egypt and VietNam). All those countries are an LMDC country that’s why so many deaths happen because of bird flu. Mexico is an LMDC country and hundreds died because of swine flu. Britain should not worry whatsoever because firstly its an MLDC and that means its got some good doctors that care and have enough medicines with in date of their expiry.
Canadian financial analysts predicted that an avian flu pandemic would have dire consequences on the global economy, its impact comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/19/content_470388.htm
Bird flu could impact a lot of people who live in an LEDC countries because they might think it’s safe to live in a MEDC country, so they migrate. They could live in caves and chop down trees to get logs to burn, so they will impact to on the environment. They may make the environment dirty and that will cost money to clean the mess. They may migrate in a large scale.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/jan/27/birdflu.health
If a pandemic started many people would stay away from work maybe because they might be ill or scared. People would shop less (consumer spending would drop dramatically), trade would go down, tourism would experience serious declines and general economic activity would be extremely weak. Government revenue (globally) would fall, expenditure on health care would rise, and many countries would have to spend a lot of money importing drugs to fight the pandemic.
In a first of its kind report, on the financial impact of a possible pandemic, BMO Nesbitt Burns researchers warned that an outbreak could devastate the airline and hospitality industries, trigger mass foreclosures and bankruptcies, decimate insurance companies, and disrupt food chains as people switched from animal to vegetable diets all costing hundreds of billions of pounds.
I think if people become vegetarians their body will not adapt for a long time but for some people who like meat their body will get weaker and will cause a greater illness than bird flu. So if a child wants to become a vegetarian his parents may not be that supportive especially the mother because his mother doesn't want to change any of the families meals. It will affect how much the family have to spend for each person becoming vegetarian. If you do want to become one you have to gradually stop eating meat every day, don’t stop eating meat straight away not good for your body especially if you’re a young adult.
Bird flu may infect 20 percent of world's population, and kill millions.
So the bird flu is very dangerous. BUT I think that some people don’t think it’s serious. I have got some evidence here. CDC Says Bird Flu Not a Serious Threat to Humans
I think it is serious because it can kill people. Since 2003 over 140 million birds have died as a result of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks. The human death toll is much smaller in comparison, 97. However as the virus spreads and establishes itself around the globe the threat of a mutation and a human pandemic grows. We do not yet have a human pandemic because the H5N1 bird flu virus strain cannot survive when airborne and humans cannot infect other humans easily. If all the birds died it will affect the natural food chain balance.
One of the consequences of ecological imbalances is great population growth for some lucky species. Rabbits live a safe life in Chicago parks, regularly eating their way through hundreds of thousands of dollars of vegetation. The forest preserves in some areas are overrun by deer whose only predator is a speeding car. And everyone is certainly familiar with the problems created by the over-population of Canada Geese. Birds eat bugs. Thousands every day of insects, worms, lice, beetles, moths, and weevils…... the list is almost endless. Purple Martins eat thousands of mosquitoes every day, for example. Evening Grosbeaks will eat fifty thousand caterpillars in a summer. Birds are our chief ally in keeping bugs in check. Most insects have a beneficial role in nature too, but, without predators, they multiply at such a rapid rate that they will devour grass, leaves and all other plant life. The role of birds in the cycle of life is simply irreplaceable...”
There is no vaccine until now for H5N1 Bird Flu virus.
The government is not doing the best they can so get the vaccine. I think they should consider the number of deaths from Bird flu. As there have been so few I don’t think we should worry about it. The Government currently has enough courses of Tamiflu to treat 25 percent of the population. Deliveries were completed in September 2006. The Government plans to increase this stock, sufficient to be able to treat 50 percent of the population.
Tamiflu has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating influenza infection and for reducing the chances of contracting the flu in both adults and children over age one that may be at risk for getting the flu due to exposure to an infected person or in the presence of a community outbreak of the flu.
The government should give out Tamiflu for free to everybody in UK to prevent spreading even more. I found a website that says Tamiflu will not remove the flu 100% or even you don’t have the flu you have to take it for 6 weeks to prevent getting the flu. It also says it has some serious side effects on you body.
However I don’t care I would still take the Tamiflu, that’s my opinion, because if you don’t do anything it might get worse and might kill you but if you take the Tamiflu you will feel that nothing will kill you. You will get confidence and you get treated and it will reduce the chance of contracting the flu. So the government should give out Tamiflu to everybody, they should not force no one to take it.
Should we worry about bird flu affecting humans in the UK?
No, we should not even care. The Guardian said that there will be 75000 deaths in UK and 50 million deaths around the world. That did not happen so the scientist who predicted that there will be millions of deaths, they were wrong. They all want to scare people so they have to buy medicine that won’t even prevent you from getting bird flu. Tamiflu has been scientifically proven that it works and the government should give them out to everybody so that people won’t get tricked from some guys who want to make money and sell you expired aspirin. However people got killed by bird flu. We do not have a 100% cure for bird flu so yes we should get a bit worried.
There is no doubt whatsoever that the government should give out Tamiflu to everybody, give out leaflets that says the basic how to prevent people to get h5n1 flu, e.g. Wash your hands often, don't shake hands with others, cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing, avoid crowds. The government should also try to pay scientist to research more and to get a 100% cure for the bird flu. I know that it will cost money but is money better than life
The link above said that bird flu could kill millions (20% of the world population) that’s no joke maybe its true or maybe its not, no one knows because the flu could change to get more serious, more harmful. Experts say that bird flu (h5n1) could mix together with swine flu (h1n1).
Then it will become even deadlier. The government should clean public place better, the cleaners should clean every 30 minutes to stop the nasty bacteria getting into peoples body. The bacteria could live on a surface for 24 hours, so when people sneezes the bacteria from his nose will go on hand rails or tables or any surface and it could live there for 24 hours.
