wtf, bird flu on POW? (Anchorage, Fairbanks: transfer, centers, stats)

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

I have very little idea of what role playing games on the net are--do you mean like the dragon games?

Yes. Satch could probably shed more light. I don't know very much about them. I've always preferred talking on forums.

[Captain Crunch]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Thanks for the links.

I wonder if Captain Crunch has the bird flu.

Went off the island via private jet this morning to the Skagit Valley....
first I've heard of this...but, I haven't spent much time in town this summer, certainly not around Klawock

[niman]

Originally Posted by Wrennie

ps.
What we ARE being told is that it is some sort of contagious pneumonia.

What is the source of the "contagious pneumonia" diagnosis? I had heard that also, but source was not verifiable. The original media report mentions "confirmed" cases, suggesting the definition of a case went beyong a dry cough and temperature above 101.

[niman]

Originally Posted by Eccles

Metlakatla - Would you please be so kind as to post whatever developments you encounter with the communications issue? Under the current circumstances, this could bsomething which causes worry and concern amongst the people who are tracking the illness issue.

Thank you for your consideration.

I have contacts on the eastern side of the island. They didn't not have any interuptions in e-mail or internet service (which were active last night and this morning).

[niman]

Originally Posted by Wrennie

I know that most of the sick people that I've heard from directly are in the Klawock area. The first I heard about a quarantine was from someone in Klawock. That was last Tuesday or Wednesday. I know that there is no quarantine yet in place.
I know for a fact that nobody has died from this because I would have heard. All I've been told is "very sick".
The symptoms have been described as an infectious pneumonia, that we should take basic precautions, but that it is not a diagnosis. We don't have a diagnosis yet.
I imagine that we'll get a diagnosis later in the week.... and personally I very much doubt that it will be bird flu.
I don't have specific information yet about the fly-outs. They would have been flown first to Ketchikan.

Do you have any numbers for the "very sick" category and are the "confirmed" cases those who have pneumonia (and a dry cough and a temp greater than 101)?

[niman]

Sounds like Adenovirus 14 has caused some or all of the cases, including at least 1 fatality.

[niman]

Originally Posted by niman

Sounds like Adenovirus 14 has caused some or all of the cases, including at least 1 fatality.

Here is some background on Ad14

Adenovirus 14 Recombination and Emergence

[niman]

Any info on new cases in Wrangell?

[Metlakatla]

So there's been a fatality on POW?

[Wrennie]

Thanks for following through, Niman. The death you refer to---she had been ill for quite some time.
I will check around about Wrangell today.