2007-02-07 07:43:41 · 26 answers · asked by emarston@btinternet.com 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
my father in law owns a turkey farm and he's not worried
2007-02-07 08:10:28 · update #1
Not too worried. They already have a vaccine that should give partial resistance to the strain, in case it ever mutates to be able to pass human to human. This should keep it from being an unqualified disaster. Once the true human form does appear, if it does, then they can produce the true vaccine for it. Most flu strains start in Asia and work their way around to the rest of the world.
2007-02-07 07:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
More people die EVERY year from normal human Flu than has died so far from Bird Flu in all the past 5 or so years it has been reported.
Only about 250 or so people have died TOTAL in the past 5 years.
Normal Flu kills THOUSANDS each year.
The CDC and the WHO made a "What if" scenario and decideded it would be prudent to make some preparations for that possibility.
That is "What if" the H5N1 Bird Flu because redily transmittable to and between humans.
The Media got ahold of the story...
Sensationalized it...
and got the whole world in a titter over it...
FOR RATINGS
now the whole damn planet is in a panic over it.
Here is what I mean by sensationalizing a story...
CDC decides it would be smart to be prepared "Just in case"
News reports "CDC WORRIED ABOUT DEADLY OUTBREAK!"
See what I mean?
You must remember several things to see the truth and get past the media's penchant for blowing things out of prepotion to grab headlines.
1. the H5N1 virus does not transmit from bird to human very well. You have to litterally be rolling in chicken crap and breathing in the dried dust on a daily basis to even have a remote chance of getting it.
2. If a human does contract it. He/She CANNOT transmit it from person to person. It barely made the jump from Bird to Man. The Jump from Man to Man is just too much for it.
3. In Order for it to become a real threat it must do TWO things. And here is the whole "What If" the CDC examined.
It has to:
Make two Mutations.
a) so that it may transmit from bird to human.
b) so that it can transmit from human to human.
It must do BOTH before it is a threat.
the real danger from the Avian Flu is this: IF ( A GREAT BIG IF) it does mutate in that way., Humans have no history of immunity to it. That makes it a very leathal killer of humans.
2007-02-07 08:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by CG-23 Sailor 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's been far too much scare mongering about bird flu and the trouble is that, if it does become a real problem, nobody will believe it.
2007-02-07 18:45:19 · answer #3 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't worry your pretty little head! we had bird flu in the wild population for some time just don't believe the talking heads they put on TV to calm the Masses and use your common sense!
2007-02-07 07:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ponder this - why did AstraZeneca issue a large box of laminated sheets to every single department in England, warning of the signs to look out for, a full 5 days before the latest story broke in the news? Hmmm, I get the feeling someone isn;t telling us the full story, are they? Any comment, Mr. Blair?
2007-02-07 08:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by Moose 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope, it is the most over blown stuff that I have ever seen! I don't sleep with birds like the people who lived in China did. I have personal hygiene and I try to keep my home clean.
2007-02-07 07:45:57 · answer #6 · answered by hera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
China, Korea,Vietnam,Malaysia, Indonesia etc etc., have a combined population of about 2.5 BILLION.!!! Only 165 people.........I'll say that again!! 165!!!!!! people (who lived in close contact with their chickens) have died from this flu in three years.
GET REAL!!
This is Britain with a population of 60 million.
165 (approx) people die on the roads EVERY WEEK!!
30,000 people every year, die from smoking related diseases.
CJD has killed 60 people in 15 years. Need I go on?!!!
2007-02-07 08:05:53 · answer #7 · answered by JohnH(UK) 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I feel sorry for birds both feathered and two legged in Suffolk, not a good time for the county,
2007-02-07 07:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by naughty_miss_moneypenny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't give a t**s about it. It's just another load of old b****ks like the beef 'crisis' and the egg 'crisis' and it'll all be forgotten next week, as usual.
Then we'll have another 'crisis' like drugs in schools (yawn), global warming (snore) and all sorts!
2007-02-07 08:09:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. There is always so much to worry about, and worrying actually gets you nowhere. I really hope it doesnt spread as i have white garden doves, but i'm not worrying at the moment.
2007-02-07 07:50:03 · answer #10 · answered by Caroline 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋