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bird flu's arrived

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 20:49

It isn't a question of if, but when.

Well, it's in neighboring France now so I guess tomorrow's roast will be the last for some time.

Is anybody else worrying about this?

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CountessDracula · 18/02/2006 20:50

No, they seem to have contained all the outbreaks very well so far and has still not mutated so not really v worried

JoolsToo · 18/02/2006 20:52

me either

chestnutty · 18/02/2006 21:19

I think we might be in for a rough year. Me and dh went for a bike ride down the canal towpath this afternoon and if bird flu did arrive in uk, we wouldn't be able to do this, The government is talking about closing footpaths near infected wildfowl. it will just like foot and mouth again.

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 21:20

It will be worse.

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kalex · 18/02/2006 21:27

Actually was thinking about this today, will chicken then get cheaper?

gameboy · 18/02/2006 21:30

it's worth reading the stuff on www.bbc.co.uk to help get it in perspective.
Yes, it could be serious, but outbreaks have been contained so far
All the people who have died so far have been in direct contact with infected birds.

Says there's no risk of contamination for eating birds.

gameboy · 18/02/2006 21:30

from eating birds

chestnutty · 18/02/2006 21:32

Apparently, cheap chicken from Italy is already available for cafes and takeaways and pies etc but Mcdonalds and KFC aren't using it.

moondog · 18/02/2006 21:34

Hopefully by the time I get back to Van in Eastern Turkey it will have swept by....

Pruni · 18/02/2006 21:37

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 21:38

"they" will never tell "us" how much we're at risk. can you imagine the panic?!

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moondog · 18/02/2006 21:41

Well,passing Tesco today,and noting that they are selling whole chicken for £2.99 each is more than enough to tell me that our whole attitude to food preduction and consumption is very very wrong.

Pruni · 18/02/2006 21:43

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 21:44

not only from eating chicken but if (no, when) the virus mutates...

sorry but this thing scares the sh#t out of me.

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Pruni · 18/02/2006 21:44

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 21:45

ebola hasn't got very far so I guess you might be right, pruni. what about aids, though?

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Pruni · 18/02/2006 21:46

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 21:49

yes, i know that, pruni. Don't be patronising. but how can you predict the behavior of the virus once it mutates?

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Pruni · 18/02/2006 21:53

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 22:01

ignoramuses?

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Pruni · 18/02/2006 22:10

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foxinsocks · 18/02/2006 22:15

what's sad is that the chickens most at risk are the lovely free range ones that get to run around outside - if it gets any closer, they will all have to be shut inside.

all the nasty cheap chickens that are rammed inside their cages all day inside a giant shed have less chance of picking it up unless by chance, an infected bird happens to get inside.

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 18/02/2006 22:18

am I worried - not at all - even if it mutates.

Each year normal 'flu' (influenza) kills an estimated 3000-4000 people in the UK alone (and that's in a 'non epidemic year - 30000 extra died in 1989-1990)

As of 9 January, 2006, the World Health Organisation had confirmed 146 cases of H5N1 in humans in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, China and Turkey, leading to 76 deaths. And considering it was first discovered in humans in 1997 that's not really very many on a global basis.

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sansouci · 18/02/2006 22:19

The chickens in our hamlet are going to be shut away again, poor things.

We have a problem with sparrows nesting in our windows. Am really keen to get that seen to now before nest building starts up again.

Does anyone ever think of Hitchcock's The Birds?

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