From The Guardian today:
More than 50 birds imported from Taiwan were the most likely source of a bird flu outbreak at a UK quarantine centre last month, an official report said today.
The study, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), said a consignment of 101 Taiwanese mesia birds had been the most likely source of the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain at Pegasus Birds, in Essex.It said it was impossible to say how many of the 53 birds killed in the outbreak had died of H5N1 because tissue samples from one of the finch-like birds had been pooled with those of a blue headed parrot from Surinam, South America.
Haven’t you got anything better to write about? They don’t even know if these birds died of bird ‘flu. They’re only birds. Will you please shut up about the bird ‘flu. Nobody has died of it here, or in Europe, or in America.
How many Iraqis were killed today for no good reason because of Bushler and Bliar? Where are the reports on how many civilians have been needlessly butchered around the world today because of our intervention? Or because of our bullets, bombs and chemical weapons? Yes, we’ve used chemical weapons against the Iraqis.
Of course, I’ve lost all sense of perspective, I forgot that not only are Iraqis sub-human, they are sub-animal too. That’s why “we don’t do body counts”.
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de 11.17.05 at 5:07 pm
Ah, the 24 hour news culture, dont ya love it.
Scientists know that in all probability mankind will be wiped out by a virus, which may account for the time being spent speculating on this non story.
I doubt anyone has spent that much time studying imported avian mortality in detail before, so the “results” don’t mean an awful lot.
And its cheaper and easier to report than more pressing world issues.
jamal 11.20.05 at 6:02 pm
Id just like to point out that BF related deaths have been reported in china, and if they can happen there they can hapen anywhere.
Nevertheless, this so called “pandemic” has not occured but continues to cause a moral panic in the people of the world. This is not because it is more important then Iraq, it is because it has the ability to divert attention away from Iraq!