In country after country, reporting actual H5N1 developments / cases is being delayed by a number of repeating factors that are becoming common:
** Resistance by local residents to giving up their chicken flocks (whether sick or not)
** Reticence on the part of local resedents to report suspected human cases for fear that their chickens will be taken away and the local economy will be hurt
** Delays by health officials in reporting verification of actual H5N1 virus found in patients due to requirements of the verification process
** Delays in health agencies in discovering / reporting mutations in H5N1's presentation of infectivity / disease menifestations
** Local health workers being overwhelmed by case loads
QUESTION:
>>>>> Given these repeating patterns on reporting timeliness, one wonders how timely an actual h2h2h2h2h breakout will be reported to the world's press. <<<<<
The longer the delay, the harder to contain an initial h2h2h2h breakout becomes.
** Resistance by local residents to giving up their chicken flocks (whether sick or not)
** Reticence on the part of local resedents to report suspected human cases for fear that their chickens will be taken away and the local economy will be hurt
** Delays by health officials in reporting verification of actual H5N1 virus found in patients due to requirements of the verification process
** Delays in health agencies in discovering / reporting mutations in H5N1's presentation of infectivity / disease menifestations
** Local health workers being overwhelmed by case loads
QUESTION:
>>>>> Given these repeating patterns on reporting timeliness, one wonders how timely an actual h2h2h2h2h breakout will be reported to the world's press. <<<<<
The longer the delay, the harder to contain an initial h2h2h2h breakout becomes.