damian 0 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 I think it is about to spill over. Get ready. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Cases in Russia? Anything else? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Lack of adequate preventive measures just about everywhere. Discovery of avian flu in pigs, that have similar physiology to humans. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 This really is some scary shit. It seems that it is only a matter of time. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 How the world is planning http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4184496.stm So we can all sleep well tonight....... Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom Raspberry Blower 0 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Just read an interesting article in the Independant here . I thought they were preparing. Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Stupid grotty birds! Or maybe that should be stupid grotty politicians. It's pathetic that no one's come up with a strong contingency plan. Seems everyone's too busy with the 'war on terror' to be bothered with possible pandemics. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 There's an interesting view here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4721598.stm Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by nicole: [QB] Stupid grotty birds! Or maybe that should be stupid grotty politicians.QB] More like stupid grotty humans. These types of pathogenes are caused by intensive farming in less-than-adequate conditions. Animal to human transfer is a result of unhygenic practices as those found in most Third World countries. Wild species are generally free of such diseases, or at least controlled by them, via survival of the fitest (natural) control. Basically, this planet has too many humans on it, and we're screwing it up for every species - a cull in our species would be a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites
mayhem22 0 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 yep. if it's not bird flu that culls us, it'll be some other disease/natural phenonmenon/human stupidity - whatever it takes for the forces of nature to deal with us. and the cycle continues, and we're here and gone in the blink of an eye. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Government officials last night ordered the immediate slaughter of 35,000 chickens on a poultry farm in Norfolk - the centre of Britain's poultry industry - after dead birds were found to be infected with an avian flu virus. http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,,1762349,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 It started becoming a real big thing at home in UK when i visited for a couple of weeks. I was shocked at how much people were panicing about it after coming from Japan where it seems noone is really that bothered publicly. My brother works for the RSPB (Bird charity in UK) and is having a real difficult time at the moment as people are actually going out and destroying nests and other bird and wildfowl habitats. The first case was discovered in Scotland in a swan, and people were urged to report any dead swans they spotted. What followed was a complete influx of reports of pretty much any dead bird that followed and it seems that the public are becoming more and more agitated in UK and doing more and more damge to the bird reserves and other areas, mainly i think due to lack of proper information and education on it from the government. This is in direct contrast to Japan where we have allready had a number of cases and the public seems somewhat blase about the whole thing, let alone the government. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thats sad to hear. Only the occasional report on Japanese tv, doesn't seem to be a panic here. Link to post Share on other sites
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