William Karesh
William Karesh
domestic ducks evidence points shed transmit
Currently, all evidence points to domestic ducks as the ones who can shed it and transmit it and not get sick.
contain
We should concentrate on the outbreak in birds. Go upstream and contain it at the source.
exactly pan
It's like a hurricane. You don't know exactly how it will pan out.
disease wild
It makes the disease self-limiting in wild birds.
again birds control easy spread wild year
It's an easy thing to do and if we don't get it under control in poultry, every year it's going to get back in wild birds and every year it's going to spread around again and we'll never get this thing under control.
against challenge clock protect race vaccine
It's a race against this virus. And the clock is ticking. The challenge now is can we make enough vaccine to protect the world?
animals germs market might province snakes somewhere spreading stacked start
We start at a market somewhere in Guangdong Province in China. And it's packed with cages, and you'll have chickens, and you'll have ducks. You might have some other animals -- cats, dogs, turtles, snakes -- and they're all stacked in cages, and they're all spreading their germs to each other.
changes consequences disastrous easily human
If it changes to be able to go easily from human to human, it will have disastrous consequences if we're not prepared.
low situation
In this situation it had a very low impact,