Jay Currie

Five more cases of bird flu were reported in Turkey on Sunday, including three cases in Turkey’s capital Ankara, raising fears the deadly bird flu virus was spreading.

Preliminary tests showed that two children and an adult have tested positive for the deadly bird flu virus in Ankara, the city’s governor Kemal Onal told state news agency Anatolia on Sunday.
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That was quick, too quick for any sort of comfort. The story from Van was that the poor children there pretty much lived in a house cum chicken coop. But the people in Ankara are not so obviously in contact with chickens. Soooo..

“This is unusual, and the WHO has to ask themselves whether something has changed,” said Prof. Earl Brown, from the University of Ottawa. “Has the virus changed, or is it something to do with the people in Turkey and their immune systems, or something regional with respect to people?”
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It might also be a good idea to ask when Canada will be imposing a quarantine on Turkey. Or at least a wait period on travel. Hey, maybe someone might ask that question at the “debates”.