Avian Flu Pandemic?

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:01 pm

Avian Flu, This seems to be a serious "killer" disease that the powers to be are only giving this a "Back-Burner" treatment in the media. It has been reported that this Flu has shown up in Japan, China, UK, Romania. Are they keeping it low key just to avoid mass hysteria, or are they not really worried?

After reading some of the links below, how do you feel.

DO YOU FEEL WE ALL SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT IT?

Links:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3 ... 82,00.html

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0106/birdflu.html

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/10/26/story227212.html

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3 ... 62,00.html

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:05 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: This'll probably sound very cynical, but I'm more concerned with the widespread slaughter of birds by humans in trying to prevent the spread of the disease. Millions of birds will probably be killed to save a few hundred humans (I have no idea what the actual numbers would be, but that seems fairly close.)

Snooze you're right about killing Millions of Birds to save really don't know what the number of "Humans" would be. But if the Flu were to mutate into Humans, the number of infected could possibly spread into the millions also. It's scary!

(PS: Thanks for the "pity" reply post)

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:28 am

I did post on the original thread, but I can't be arsed to write all that out again.:rolleyes: