Post by slinker on Mar 10, 2006 21:14:11 GMT -5
Surely, I'm just mistaken...
But here, you see the very beginnings of the fascist machinations that will be set in motion prior to election day 2006 as the would-be emperor conspires to assume his throne; when many 'bird flu' victims will be quarantined in those shiny new Haliburton 'special quarantine victims protection' units that were recently built (there is a thread about them in this section).
Bloggers and those who host websites with content which is deemed anti-American and un-patriotic (translated to "opposing Bushco) somehow will have been exposed to the bird flu first. Look, look, the ever competent, awe-inspiring Chertoff, the Huh? has his finger up the arse of the flu birds. Hearken his words! It's the end of days...
So, I'm just not convinced that bird flu is going to be the hungry death monster they make it out to be. But, it serves nicely as a natural disaster calling for martial law and quarantines of adjutants who have been exposed to the birdie virus. Don't get vaccinated. Vaccines have upwards of a 60%+ failure rate, it has been recently reported. You'll do fine with Tami-flu but have some close by just in case...
But here, you see the very beginnings of the fascist machinations that will be set in motion prior to election day 2006 as the would-be emperor conspires to assume his throne; when many 'bird flu' victims will be quarantined in those shiny new Haliburton 'special quarantine victims protection' units that were recently built (there is a thread about them in this section).
Bloggers and those who host websites with content which is deemed anti-American and un-patriotic (translated to "opposing Bushco) somehow will have been exposed to the bird flu first. Look, look, the ever competent, awe-inspiring Chertoff, the Huh? has his finger up the arse of the flu birds. Hearken his words! It's the end of days...
Chertoff, U.N. Predict Deadly Bird Flu in U.S. Within Months
Thursday, March 09, 2006
WASHINGTON — A deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in the next few months as wild birds migrate from infected nations, Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Thursday, echoing a statement made earlier by the United Nations.
Chertoff said "there will be a reasonable possibility of a domestic fowl outbreak" as migrating birds mix with ducks, chickens and other birds in the U.S. But he cautioned against panic, noting that the Agriculture Department has dealt with other strains of bird flu for years.
"If we get a wild bird or even a domestic chicken that gets infected with avian flu, we're going to be able to deal with it, because we've got a lot of experience with that," Chertoff said, speaking to newspaper editors and publishers.
"I can't predict, but I certainly have to say that we should be prepared for the possibility that at some point in the next few months, a wild fowl will come over the migratory pathway and will be infected with H5N1," he said.
U.N. bird flu chief Dr. David Nabarro predicted earlier that the strain could reach the Americas in six to 12 months or even sooner as infected wild birds migrate toward the Arctic and Alaska.
Migratory patterns will probably take birds carrying the virus from West Africa to the Arctic and Alaska this spring, Nabarro said Wednesday. Some infected birds will then likely move south in the fall on a migratory route to the Americas.
"I think it's within the next six to 12 months," Nabarro told a news conference, "And who knows — we've been wrong on other things, it may be earlier."
The H5N1 strain has spread rapidly through Asia and Europe and recently reached Africa, devastating poultry stocks. Virtually all people who have gotten bird flu have had close contact with infected poultry.
Human cases are uncommon, but scientists worry that the virus may mutate into a form that can pass easily between people and lead to a worldwide flu epidemic.
Nabarro reiterated the World Health Organization's warning that "there will be a pandemic sooner or later" in humans, perhaps due to H5N1, or perhaps another influenza virus, and it could start any time.
"Because it is moving and because we believe wild birds are implicated, predicting where it's going to flare up next is a very tricky thing to do, and being able to know the scale of the flare-up is also quite tricky," Nabarro said.
Nabarro said the United Nations was focusing on controlling the H5N1 strain in domestic poultry through slaughters and vaccinations. The focus at the moment is on Africa, especially West Africa, where 50 percent of people live on less than $1 a day and many families rely on chickens for their livelihoods, he said.
"There is a regional crisis in West Africa," with outbreaks in Nigeria and Niger, Nabarro said. "But we are frankly anticipating that we will find the virus in other West African countries and there is a lot of preparatory work under way."
In Western Europe, several countries have detected H5N1 in dead wild birds, but there have been few cases in domestic and commercial poultry populations, he said.
One or two cats are also reported to have H5N1, and the WHO says more research is needed on transmission to other mammals, he said.
The U.S. government hopes to test 75,000 to 100,000 live or dead birds this year, a significant increase over past years, with the effort focused on Alaska, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.
"Some of the challenges we face now are really quite dramatic and call for a lot of technical expertise," Nabarro said.
For example, the FAO reported in September that wild birds are able to carry the H5N1 strain while remaining asymptomatic, yet swans in Western Europe are dying from the strain and nobody knows why, he said.
Nabarro said an international conference on wild birds will be held in June and will hopefully include the results of research now under way. The next major international review of global bird flu efforts will also be in June, he said.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
WASHINGTON — A deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in the next few months as wild birds migrate from infected nations, Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Thursday, echoing a statement made earlier by the United Nations.
Chertoff said "there will be a reasonable possibility of a domestic fowl outbreak" as migrating birds mix with ducks, chickens and other birds in the U.S. But he cautioned against panic, noting that the Agriculture Department has dealt with other strains of bird flu for years.
"If we get a wild bird or even a domestic chicken that gets infected with avian flu, we're going to be able to deal with it, because we've got a lot of experience with that," Chertoff said, speaking to newspaper editors and publishers.
"I can't predict, but I certainly have to say that we should be prepared for the possibility that at some point in the next few months, a wild fowl will come over the migratory pathway and will be infected with H5N1," he said.
U.N. bird flu chief Dr. David Nabarro predicted earlier that the strain could reach the Americas in six to 12 months or even sooner as infected wild birds migrate toward the Arctic and Alaska.
Migratory patterns will probably take birds carrying the virus from West Africa to the Arctic and Alaska this spring, Nabarro said Wednesday. Some infected birds will then likely move south in the fall on a migratory route to the Americas.
"I think it's within the next six to 12 months," Nabarro told a news conference, "And who knows — we've been wrong on other things, it may be earlier."
The H5N1 strain has spread rapidly through Asia and Europe and recently reached Africa, devastating poultry stocks. Virtually all people who have gotten bird flu have had close contact with infected poultry.
Human cases are uncommon, but scientists worry that the virus may mutate into a form that can pass easily between people and lead to a worldwide flu epidemic.
Nabarro reiterated the World Health Organization's warning that "there will be a pandemic sooner or later" in humans, perhaps due to H5N1, or perhaps another influenza virus, and it could start any time.
"Because it is moving and because we believe wild birds are implicated, predicting where it's going to flare up next is a very tricky thing to do, and being able to know the scale of the flare-up is also quite tricky," Nabarro said.
Nabarro said the United Nations was focusing on controlling the H5N1 strain in domestic poultry through slaughters and vaccinations. The focus at the moment is on Africa, especially West Africa, where 50 percent of people live on less than $1 a day and many families rely on chickens for their livelihoods, he said.
"There is a regional crisis in West Africa," with outbreaks in Nigeria and Niger, Nabarro said. "But we are frankly anticipating that we will find the virus in other West African countries and there is a lot of preparatory work under way."
In Western Europe, several countries have detected H5N1 in dead wild birds, but there have been few cases in domestic and commercial poultry populations, he said.
One or two cats are also reported to have H5N1, and the WHO says more research is needed on transmission to other mammals, he said.
The U.S. government hopes to test 75,000 to 100,000 live or dead birds this year, a significant increase over past years, with the effort focused on Alaska, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.
"Some of the challenges we face now are really quite dramatic and call for a lot of technical expertise," Nabarro said.
For example, the FAO reported in September that wild birds are able to carry the H5N1 strain while remaining asymptomatic, yet swans in Western Europe are dying from the strain and nobody knows why, he said.
Nabarro said an international conference on wild birds will be held in June and will hopefully include the results of research now under way. The next major international review of global bird flu efforts will also be in June, he said.
So, I'm just not convinced that bird flu is going to be the hungry death monster they make it out to be. But, it serves nicely as a natural disaster calling for martial law and quarantines of adjutants who have been exposed to the birdie virus. Don't get vaccinated. Vaccines have upwards of a 60%+ failure rate, it has been recently reported. You'll do fine with Tami-flu but have some close by just in case...