Category Archives: Influenza

Food Crisis Japan: Black Swan deaths reveal Bird Flu epidemic

07 December 2016 (03:44 UTC-07 Tango 01) 17 Azar 1395/07 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/09 Geng Zi 4714

The deaths of expensive Black Swans at a Japanese zoo has revealed a bird flu epidemic sweeping the island nation.

The Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya confirmed that one Black Swan died from bird flu, and two others died but tested negative.  More testing is being done.  Zoo employees are searching the surrounding area for dead wild birds that might be infected, so far none have been found.   Avian exhibits where people come in direct contact with birds have been shutdown.

Japanese news media has revealed that since November 550-thousand poultry at just one farm (in Niigata Prefecture) have been culled (killed) in an attempt to stop  an epidemic of bird flu!

Just last week a second duck farm in Amori Prefecture tested positive for bird flu.  The prefectural government ordered the culling of more than 4-thousand ducks!

In the city of Yokohama,  administrators of the four city run zoos are forcing zoo patrons to disinfect their shoes before entering the bird refuges.  Some avian exhibits have been shutdown.

The irony is that the upcoming new year in Japan is being called the Year of the Rooster.

GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: WORLD BANK BEHIND BIRD FLU SLAUGHTER?

NEW BIRD FLU EVOLVES TO INFECT HUMANS!

Operation Jupiter: Shark DNA for future Soldiers?

01 November 2016  (11:32 UTC-07 Tango 01) 11 Aban 1395/30 Muharram 1438/02 Wu Zu (10th month) 4714

They sure are thinking outside the box over at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department.

I’ve written many times before how the U.S. Defense Department’s JUPITR ATD program is connected to the ebola outbreaks in western Africa.  Back in August the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department published an article called Importance of Hypervariable Region 2 for Stability and Affinity of a Shark Single-Domain Antibody Specific for Ebola Virus Nucleoprotein.

U.S. Navy researchers discovered that the antibodies of a shark’s immune system might be used to help create a vaccine for humans, against ebola.  However, the shark antibodies have relatively low ‘melting’ points and researchers are attempting to find a way to increase the melting point, and conduct “humanization” of shark antibodies: “… we utilized CDR grafting combined with site directed mutagenesis to increase the melting temperature (stability) of a shark derived anti-NP sdAb. Two derivatives of the shark sdAb [single-domain antibody] were constructed: One where CDRs 1 and 3 along with HV2 (the designation given to the CDR2 region of shark sdAb) were grafted onto the framework of SP15, and another in which only CDRs 1 and 3 were grafted. Interestingly, we found that the HV2 region, which is located somewhat remote from antigen-binding CDR1 and CDR3 regions, had significant impact on both affinity and stability. This work elucidates the importance of the HV2 region on both folding stability and antigen binding.”

Now realize that this work to find a vaccine against ebola is being conducted by the DoD’s official Combat Support Agency for countering weapons of mass destruction: Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA.

OPERATION JUPITER: BIO-CHEMICAL ATTACK IN WASHINGTON STATE?

ONCE INFECTED, EBOLA STRIKES AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN….
OPERATION JUPITER: ANTHRAX IS THE ZOMBIE DISEASE LAZARUS!
OPERATION JUPITER: EBOLA, MICHIGAN & ILLINOIS NEXT? COMES ROARING BACK IN USAFRICOM’S LIBERIA! DON’T EAT YOUR DOG!
MORE FALSE FLAG BULL-SHIT:  EBOLA & ANTHRAX PART OF OPERATION JUPITER! U.S. HALTS VACCINES FOR U.S. TROOPS!
OPERATION JUPITER: A SMALL PART OF A LARGER MILITARY OPERATION SPREADING DISEASE AT A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU!

EBOLA UPDATE, 08 NOVEMBER 2014: FIVE U.S. MILITARY BASES DESIGNATED FOR QUARANTINE!

EBOLA UPDATE, 27 OCTOBER 2014: OBAMA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR MEDICAL MARTIAL LAW, THEN ACCUSES NEWS MEDIA & STATE OFFICIALS OF FEAR MONGERING!
EBOLA UPDATE, 20 OCTOBER 2014:  U.S. DoD FORMS SPECIAL MEDICAL MARTIAL LAW TEAMS! 
EBOLA UPDATE, 19 OCTOBER 2014: EBOLA, QUEEN REVEALS IT’S A BIO-WEAPON!
EBOLA UPDATE, 18 OCTOBER 2014: WHY IS U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY INVOLVED IN EBOLA RESEARCH? U.S. TROOPS SENT TO AFRICA TO PROTECT, OR DESTROY, ONCE SECRET U.S. BIO-WEAPONS LABS?
WORLD WAR 3: IS THIS ABOUT EBOLA, OR THE OIL?

Vitamin D finally proven to stop allergies asthma?

01 November 2016  (03:13 UTC-07 Tango 01) 11 Aban 1395/30 Muharram 1438/02 Wu Zu (10th month) 4714

“Our study is the first to track vitamin D levels from birth to asthma onset, and it has shown a clear link between prolonged vitamin D deficiency in early childhood and the development of asthma.  We’ve also shown for the first time that babies deficient in vitamin D have higher levels of potentially harmful bacteria in their upper airways, and are more susceptible to severe respiratory infections.”-Elysia Hollams, researcher

“We still don’t know what the optimal level of vitamin D is for good lung health and immune function, and we don’t know if supplementation would address this issue, or if healthy sun exposure is what is required, given that vitamin D is an indirect measure of recent sun exposure.”-Elysia Hollams, researcher

The study was done at Australia’s Telethon Kids Institute.

Global Food Crisis: World Bank behind Bird Flu slaughter? Loans healthcare money for war-fighting!

29 October 2016 / 22:34 UTC-07 Tango 01 (09 Aban 1395/28 Muharram 1438/30 Wu Zu 4714)

It’s been revealed that in many countries the U.S. based (Washington DC) World Bank is behind the orders to cull hundreds of thousands of poultry.

Since the beginning of 2016 more than 80-thousand poultry in Nigeria were slaughtered on instructions from authorities.  It turns out that some of those ‘authorities’ are being described by Nigerian news media as the Bird Flu Desk of the World Bank.  Just days ago another round of culling was reported.  Local news media say Nigerian farmers and health officials have been instructed to report any signs of avian flu in poultry flocks to the World Bank!

I’ve looked at the World Bank’s own website and there is no mention of a ‘bird flu desk’.  The World Bank runs a Nigeria State Health Investment Project (NSHIP), it’s main focus is on the health of humans.  This health project gets funding only if Nigerians meet certain World Bank standards (aka Performance Based Financing).

It’s interesting that Nigerian news media are reporting mass culling of poultry, essentially under the watch of the World Bank, because Nigeria was just approved for an additional $575-million USD loan, of which $125-million is for NSHIP.  The new loan is ostensibly for fighting polio, but is really about the War on Terror!  

According to a recent report by AllAfrica-PREMIUM TIMES, the $575-million World Bank loan is for use in the areas of the country affected by the civil war, and specifically for use against Boko Haram.   AllAfrica-PREMIUM TIMES also revealed that Nigeria is planning on borrowing more than $29.9-billion “Given the emergency nature of these facilities and the need to consolidate the peace and return the region to normalcy and considering time it will take to get the National Assembly’s approvals, it has become inevitable to request for the NASS leadership approval pending the consideration and approval of the 2016-2018 borrowing plan to enable us disburse these funds immediately.”

There was no mention of fighting bird flu in the AllAfrica-PREMIUM TIMES report.  But I’ve found other international news articles connecting bird flu response to World Bank loans.

Nigeria’s neighbor Cameroon culled more than 35-thousand poultry this year.  Here’s some interesting info, the World Bank itself says that poultry culling operations in western Africa (due to bird flu) have actually made local economies worse, admitting that the poverty rate for several oil rich west African countries has increased since 2001.  Just realize that all this livestock culling under the watch of World Bank is actually making the affected countries more reliant on debt financing from the World Bank.

Indian news media report cases of poultry dying from bird flu, and of the World Bank interfering with government debt financing.  The World Bank issues a Doing Business report in which it ranks governments around the world, India consistently ranks low.  Is it because when it comes to farm animal health India reports to France based World Organisation for Animal Health, and not to Washington DC based World Bank?  I must point out that whenever Indian farms are hit by disease the culling is in the tens to hundreds, not the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands in countries whose ag industries are reliant on World Bank financing.

In May of this year the World Bank established the Pandemic Emergency Fund and is asking taxpayers around the globe to fork over $3.4-billion per year to run the operation.

NIGERIA ADMITS USAID SHADOW GOVERNMENT, TAXPAYERS SCREWED OVER BY $12-MILLION MONTHLY!

OPERATION JUPITER: EBOLA COMES ROARING BACK IN USAFRICOM’S WEST AFRICA!

WORLD WAR 3 AFRICA: OBAMA ORDERS MILITARY OCCUPATION….IT’S ABOUT ALL THAT NEW FOUND OIL AND THE CONTROL OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ECONOMY!

U.S. BEHIND GENOCIDE AGAINST NIGERIAN MUSLIMS

New killer stomach ‘flu’ to strike “any time” now!

29 September 2016 / 22:37 UTC-07 Tango 01  (09 Mehr 1395/27 Dhu I-Hijja 1437/30 Ding-You 4714)

If this new recombinant has undergone enough change to escape herd immunity and become the next epidemic variant……the expected epidemic could be any time between mid-August 2016 and January 2017.”A NOROVIRUS INTERVARIANT GII.4 RECOMBINANT IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 2016: THE NEXT EPIDEMIC VARIANT?

Researchers in the British empire (Commonwealth of Nations) country of Australia are tracking what they believe could be a new deadly version of norovirus.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory identified a new version of what has been incorrectly called stomach flu.  It’s a new version of norovirus first noticed in 2015, in the Australian province of Victoria. 

Based on years of experience monitoring new norovirus strains we think that this new strain is genetically different enough to cause an epidemic.”-Mike Catton, Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

“Occasionally the virus changes to become so different that the community has no effective immunity. This means that everyone who comes into contact with it is very susceptible to illness; whether contact is with faeces of an infected person or by being close to an infected person who is vomiting.”Charles Guest, Victoria Department of Health & Human Services

There are already reports of norovirus outbreaks.

29 September 2016: Norovirus suspected at University of Oregon

28 September 2016: Schools in Scotland hit by norovirus

27 September 2016: It takes a year for investigators to determine that Norovirus hit a French marathon in 2015!

Chipotle Mexican Grill uses silver dihydrogen citrate to fight ongoing norovirus problems

22 September 2016: Why some people have chronic norovirus infections; weak stomach acid

20 September 2016: Alabama school hit by norovirus, 1-hundred people sick

09 September 2016: Washington wedding hit by norovirus

31 August 2016: Manhattan High School Mystery Illness

NOW DEADLIER THAN ZIKA, CHIKV KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN 5 DAYS!

March 2014 Stomach Bug: MORE DEATHS! MILITARY VETERANS HIT! U.S. JUDGE SAYS ‘STOP BLAMING CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS’! SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED VIRUS DIES!

 

Now deadlier than Zika, CHIKV kills 15 people in 5 days!

17 September 2016 (17:56 UTC-07 Tango 01) 27 Shahrivar 1395/14 Dhu I-Hijja 1437/17 Ding-You 4714

“Even many cases of viral fever are showing similar symptoms like joint pain, muscle pain, fatigue etc that are normally associated with Chikungunya. Those patients who are positive for Chikungunya tests are showing more severe symptoms compared to the past few years.”-Rajeev Saxena, consultant physician

In the Indian territory of Delhi 15 people have died since 12 September after being bitten by mosquitoes, the same type of mosquitoes that can pass the Zika virus.  But it’s not Zika, it’s Chikungunya.

More than 1-thousand people in the territory are known to be infected with Chikungunya.  Interestingly government health administrators in Delhi did not consider Chikungunya (aka CHIKV, the V is for virus) to be so dangerous that it had to be reported to state health officials, which means that the actual number of Chikungunya cases could be much higher.  Local news reports say health officials are now requiring hospitals to notify them of anymore cases, however, they’ve also ordered hospitals not to talk to the news media!

So far everybody who has died had other medical problems, and died after they were admitted to hospitals.  There are reports that health administrators failed to spray for mosquitoes this year, due to lack of funding.   Delhi administrators say they are now gearing up to begin spraying using a specialized train called The Terminator, supposedly because most of the new mosquitoes are hatching around railroad tracks.  However, it’ll take at least one week to equip the train and train the personnel how to use the equipment!

CHIKV infections were first noticed in 1955.  It was not considered dangerous as it was rare if an infected person died.  In 2005 CHIKV had mutated and began rapidly spreading around the world, and it became stronger.

By 2015 the virus was found in most of the Americas, Africa and eastern Asia.  This year it looks like the virus mutated again, becoming deadly.  Not only that, one Indian doctor, Rajeev Saxena, says many people are showing CHIKV symptoms but are testing negative for the virus.  This suggests that the current test doesn’t work.  Also, there is no vaccine or cure for CHIKV.

The symptoms are typical of virus infections; fever, rash, joint pain, fatigue, upset stomach, etc.  They show up about a week to two weeks after you’re bit, and can last for ten days.   Survivors in India report that the joint pain isn’t going away, even after they’ve been declared free of the infection.   In previous CHIKV outbreaks about 20% of the victims have recuring symptoms a year later.

A major problem has been noticed with diagnosing CHIKV, the same mosquito (which can pass Zika) also passes on Dengue and Malaria resulting in a sick person actually having multiple viral infections.

U.S. NAVY WARNS OF ZIKA!

OPERATION JUPITER: ISRAEL CONDUCTS CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE IN U.S.

OPERATION JUPITER: OVERWHELMING PROOF HPV VACCINE IS WRONG!

“I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.”-Revelation 6:8

U.S. Navy warns of Zika!

02 September 2016 (15:16 UTC-07 Tango 01) 12 Shahrivar 1395/29 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/02 Ding-You 4714

OPERATION JUPITER: GLOBAL WARMING NOT CAUSE OF FISH DIE-OFF, MYSTERY VIRUS DISCOVERED IN 2 SEPARATE LOCATIONS!

H1N1 ROARS BACK TO LIFE: HUNDREDS KILLED IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2016! TARGETS VEGANS?

Operation Jupiter: Global Warming not cause of fish die-off, mystery virus discovered in 2 separate locations!

06 April 2016 (03:49 UTC-07 Tango 01) 18 Farvardin 1395/27 Jumada t-Tania 1437/29 Ren-Chen 4714

“Tilapia is one of the most important fish industries worldwide. Moreover, because they eat algae, they are ecological gatekeepers for freshwater and they are an inexpensive, important source of protein in poorer countries.”-Eran Bacharach, Tel Aviv University

Mass die-off at a tilapia farm in Israel-Palestine

Researchers in the U.S., Columbia, Ecuador, Scotland and Israel have discovered the true cause of tilapia die-offs, it’s not global warming but a previously unknown RNA virus now known as TiLV (Tilapia Lake Virus).

But there’s a problem, the major locations of tilapia die-off are not physically connected, so researchers are now focusing on how TiLV showed up at about the same time in two different locations.  Israel and Ecuador are separated by 12310km (7,649 miles) if you’re traveling by air.  Ecuador’s coastline is along the Pacific Ocean.  Israel’s (Palestine’s) coastline is along the Mediterranean Sea and a tini-tiny bit that has access to the Red Sea.

TiLV causes brain swelling and liver disease.  Die-offs of tilapia have been documented since 2009.  Ecuador’s neighbor, the U.S. drug lord puppet Columbia, is also reporting tilapia die-offs.  At first researchers thought tilapia were dying from a new form of Influenza C, but while it is similar it is also totally new: “The TiLV sequence has only minimal similarity in a small region of its genome to other viruses; thus, the methods we typically use to identify and characterize viruses through sequencing alone were insufficient.”-Eran Bacharach, Tel Aviv University

“It appears to be most closely related to a family of influenza viruses called orthomyxoviruses; however, we still don’t understand much about its biology.”-Nischay Mishra, Center for Infection and Immunity

Researchers were so baffled by the new virus they turned to help from the New York Genome Center.  Tilapia farming is worth $7.5-billion USD on the global market.

Operation Jupiter: Overwhelming proof HPV vaccine is wrong!

U.S. Food Crisis March 2016: “Sales aren’t even close….Not even close!” 

U.S. hit by new stealth Dog Flu!

H1N1 roars back to life: Hundreds killed in the first two months of 2016! Targets vegans?

20 February 2016 /20:28 UTC-07 Tango 01 (02 Esfand 1394/12 Jumada al-Ula 1437/14 Geng Yin 4714)

European Center for Disease Prevention and Control reports half of its 50 member countries are dealing with a sudden increase in flu cases.

Armenia: 18 deaths caused by H1N1, so far.

Canada: In Saskatchewan an H1N1 outbreak was reported at a potash mine.  At least five case at the K+S Potash Legacy Camp, two people hospitalized.

Cyprus: The island country reports a father of two died from H1N1 a week after being admitted to hospital. He was admitted to a privately run hospital, which failed to take X-rays or detect a secondary infection in time to stop his death.  He was the second person to die from H1N1, dozens of people are hospitalized.

Belarus: Despite the UN World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. CDC and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) claiming the eastern European country is hard hit by H1N1, the government says ’tis not so.  President Alexander Lukashenko says the WHO, CDC and ECDC are assuming there’s an epidemic only because Belarus is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine which are suffering a flu epidemic.  Health administrators report fewer influenza cases than in January 2015, saying so far only 30 people have been confirmed to have the flu!

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Two women killed by H1N1, six people hospitalized.

Finland:  19 people have died from H1N1-pdm09 since the beginning of the Gregorian year 2016. At least 146 people hospitalized.  Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare expects a tripling of influenza cases this year.

Georgia: At least three people dead from H1N1.  292 people confirmed infected with H1N1.

Greece: Five people died from H1N1 in the past 24 hours.  115 people have died from H1N1 since the beginning of the year!  356 people have been hospitalized. Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention says the majority of people who’ve died had other health problems and were not vaccinated, however, they admitted that at least 5% of those who died were vaccinated.

India: Health administrators are reporting fewer cases and deaths by H1N1, compared to the same time last year.    A study by the Civil Hospital concluded that one of the best ways to protect yourself from influenza (besides vaccinations) was a high animal protein diet (makes sense because your anti-bodies are 100% animal protein, they can’t use veggie protien).  Such a diet is even more important for moms who breast feed their children: “These days even mother’s breast feed to infants has to be supplemented with trace nutrients and iron for the well-being of the infant and his increased immunity. The immunity comes from the food, habits and lifestyle of breast-feeding mothers.”-Mona Desai, pediatrician

Iran:  Health administrators report the biggest outbreak of H1N1 in their country, ever.  112 people dead since November 2015.

Ireland:  15 people have died from flu, 11 from H1N1.  460 people hospitalized, at least half with H1N1-pdm09.  Health Protection Surveillance Centre reports 757 cases of flu last month, compared to only 312 cases in January 2015.  The Irish Medical Organization has declared Ireland’s healthcare system in danger of collapse, caused by reduced taxpayer funding and an exodus of doctors from The Emerald Isle: “Five years ago, we moved heaven and earth to rescue failed Irish banks; surely we can now do the same to rescue the Irish health service on which all of us ultimately depend. What we need now is an immediate investment programme, followed by a period of sustained funding so that we can repair the damage done.”-Ray Walley, doctor

Jamaica: The island country reports one person died after getting infected with H1N1, but doctors implied there were other complications.  At least nine people hospitalized with H1N1.

Lebanon: After four people died of H1N1 panic buying of medical supplies resulted, now there is a shortage of Flumivir and Tamilflu treatments.  The Ministry of Health reports a 20% increase in flu cases compared to last flu season.

Libya: In the U.S.-EU-NATO destabilized country health administrators are urging people to get vaccinated, but at the same time say reports of an epidemic are just rumors.

Lithuania: Heath administrators report a fourfold increase in flu cases compared to the same time last year.  22 municipalities have declared epidemics, last year only five municipalities were dealing with epidemics of influenza.  So far three people killed by H1N1.

Malta: The island country reports 97 H1N1 cases in January 2016 (double the number of flu cases for all of 2015), with two prisoners dying.  Health administrators noted that 72,835 people have been vaccinated so far this year. 

Northern Ireland:  In the British colony, seven people died from H1N1 since September 2015.  At least 150 cases of H1N1.

Pakistan:  At least 33 people died from H1N1, since 01 January 2016.  More than 1-thousand people infected.

Palestine: Four people in the West Bank confirmed dead by H1N1.  So far 355 cases. H1N1 first appeared in Palestine in 2010.

Russia: ‘Lawmakers’ are blaming U.S. Operation Jupiter (JUPITR) for an epidemic of H1N1 in their country.  At least 126 people dead since December.  At the end of January, the city of Yekaterinburg shutdown the schools to try and prevent the spread of the virus.

Trinidad & Tobago: Health administrators ordered 50-thousand doses of influenza vaccine.  They say they need at least 116-thousand doses to fight the expected H1N1 outbreak.  46-thousand people have already been vaccinated.  Eight people have died of H1N1.  Health administrators say their battle with Zika virus is making the situation more difficult.

Ukraine: In the U.S.-EU-NATO destabilized country at least 315 people have died since the influenza season officially started, mainly from H1N1.  In January an epidemic was declared.  Schools have been shutdown.  Health administrators claim none of the people who’ve died were vaccinated.

United Kingdom:  Leicester Royal Infirmary reports at least 14 cancer patients are now infected with H1N1. Glenfield Hospital reports three people hospitalized with H1N1.  Royal Berkshire Hospital has four people in isolation with H1N1.

A teenager who was vaccinated for influenza when he was ten was recently awarded $173-thousand USD in damages because the Pandemrix vaccine gave him narcolepsy.  He now falls asleep even when eating, walking and swimming. 

United States:  Fresno County, in California, reports two deaths caused by H1N1.  County health administrators are concerned, calling the deaths “unusual” in that the victims might have been vaccinated for H1N1.  No other details about the victims were released.

San Diego County, California, reports one death by H1N1.  The man did not have any other health problems.  Doctors claim he was not vaccinated.

In the U.S. state of Indiana, the Putnamville prison hit by H1N1.  At least 40 prisoners infected, one died.  Health administrators admitted that at least three of the infected had been vaccinated. They admitted that vaccination rates for prisoners was higher than normal, but those getting sick are young and healthy.  They describe a lethal mix of infection with the H1N1 virus and the MRSA bacteria.  Watch the video of the press conference for more info.

https://youtu.be/xSU4V4sTzGA

Currently there are no vaccines approved for children less than 6 months old.  The majority of flu vaccines for children are for children three years or older, and usually need more than one shot before they’re considered effective.

Operation Jupiter?: U.S. hit by new stealth Dog Flu!

proof vaccines are overrated & all about the money as British empire takes control of U.S. flu shot supply

H1N1 …..Blame globalization! 

Operation Jupiter?: U.S. hit by new stealth Dog Flu!

16 July 2015 (03:56 UTC-07 Tango 01)/25 Tir 1394/29 Ramadan 1436/01 Gui-Wie (6th month) 4713

“This flu is much more contagious. It came from Chicago and it’s the same kind of epidemic that they dealt with up there.”– Duffy Jones, Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital, Georgia

Canine influenza has hit 30 U.S. states from the mid-west to the southeast.

At least six dogs in Illinois have died, with more than 1-thousand confirmed cases since April!

The University Of Georgia‘s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirms 88 cases of dog flu in the Atlanta metro area.  Dog parks and animal shelters around the state are being closed down to prevent more infections.

North Carolina veterinarians report their first cases, and warn pet owners to wash their clothes: “Dog flu germs can stay on your clothes for 24 hours, so if you think you may have come in contact with a dog that has dog flu or you’ve been around coughing animals or animals you don’t know, it may be a good idea to change clothes out, wash your hands, all those things to decontaminate yourself.”-Andy Roark, Cleveland Park Animal Hospital

Veterinarians in Indiana say this dog flu (first seen in Illinois) is a new stealth type of influenza: “The best preventative is complete avoidance of other dogs because the unfortunate thing about this particular virus is it’s most contagious before they actually start showing clinical signs. So they’re most contagious that two-to-four-day window before they start coughing, before their nose starts running.”-Arielle Pechette

A routine health screening in Minnesota confirmed the new stealth virus is a type of H3N2 influenza.  The dog that was tested had no symptoms!  The dog had been recently adopted by a family of humans who had their veterinarian conduct a health screening of their new pooch.  The blood test came back positive for H3N2.  News reports say some animal shelters are now refusing to take in new dogs.

Currently there is only one dog flu vaccine, designed for H3N8, not H3N2.

“…influenza viruses are constantly changing and it is possible for a virus to change so that it could infect humans and spread easily between humans. Human infections with new influenza viruses (against which the human population has little immunity) are concerning when they occur. Such viruses could present pandemic influenza threats. For this reason, CDC and its partners are monitoring the canine influenza H3N8 and H3N2 viruses (as well as other animal influenza viruses) closely. In general, canine influenza viruses are considered to pose a low threat to humans.”-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rare dog disease….Deadly warning from India! 

Operation Jupiter: Anthrax is the zombie disease Lazarus!