has sort of gotten lost in the Rita hullaballoo and the Roberts hoo-ha, but it's worth noting.
1) The flu vaccine doesn't work as well as we thought, and the antivirals don't either--resistance to the antivirals is developing as flu viruses rapidly evolve. Between 70 and 75 percent of influenza A viruses tested in Hong Kong in 2004 showed resistance to Amantadine; in South Korea it was only 15 percent, but these figures are all up from zero in 2000.
And 2), 115 people who visited a zoo in Jakarta have sought treatment at a hospital for flu symptoms. There are already rampant animal cases at the zoo and several confirmed human cases.
It's tough getting a clear picture of what's happening in Indonesia. The Jakarta Post (thejakartapost.com) is often unenlightening. There could be various reasons for the mass hospital visits Recombinomics describes; I'd bet the grapevine is really humming in Jakarta. But clearly both these situations bear watching.