Two Experts Criticize Film as Unrealistic
The NewYork Times
2006 May 9
DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
"Fatal Contact," tonight's ABC movie about bird flu reaching the United States, has been denounced as medically unrealistic by two prominent flu experts who have seen it.
Some Basic Flu Facts Regarding the ABC Movie “Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America”
USGS National Wildlife Health Center
2006 May 9
Leslie Dierauf
The ABC movie, “Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America,” dramatically explores the fictitious impact of a worst-case scenario of human flu pandemic in the United States and around the globe.
To ensure you have the facts about bird flu and wild birds, Department of the Interior (DOI) scientists have prepared a list of important flu facts, answers to common questions about bird flu, and provided links to more detailed information. It is important to stay informed of the ever-changing status of bird flu and the risks these viruses pose to people, domestic poultry, and wildlife.
Influenza pandemics are caused by the global spread of a new influenza virus that has adapted to humans and is easily transmitted from person to person.
* There is currently no human influenza pandemic occurring anywhere in the world.
* At present, the current H5N1 bird flu virus does not easily infect people and rarely spreads from person to person.
* Scientists are concerned that H5N1, or another strain of influenza, could mutate to become a human flu virus that is easily transmitted from person to person and this could trigger an influenza pandemic.
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