Missing link a cause for alarm?

PHOTO SHOWS THE INFLUENZA A H1N1 VIRUS

There appears to be a problem brewing in the outbreak of H1N1 in the Philippines.

The outbreak in a remote rural town in Nueva Ecija has Health authorities at a loss as to how the disease was transmitted there. After extensive investigation, a missing link is yet to be found. IN connection with this, the DOH has declared a community level transmission in this town. There is a furher move to declare a state of calamity but as of this posting, it has not been declared.

To add to their worries, another outbreak has occurred in Bulacan. It will be remembered that it was in Bulacan where the deadly Ebola Reston virus infected numerous pigs in the area.

Of course the Health Department has continualy maintained that H1N1 is relatively mild. However they forget to mention that the true danger lies in mutation, the probability of which increases as the number of infections increases.

Here are a few links that may be of interest to readers:

GMA News article about the fears of an enlightened virologist that H1N1 might mutate to a deadlier form, a danger more pronounced in the Philippines

GMA News report about the H1N1 outbreak in Bulacan

ABS CBN report on the Nueva Ecija outbreak

WHO report on Feb 2009 Ebola Reston outbreak in the Philippines

WIKI News article about experts probing the deadly outbreak of Ebola Reston in the Philippines