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Originally posted by slakjaw
I have never had nor will I ever get a Flu shot.
I said that the Bird Flu does not necessarily mean H5N1. That may be what they are worried about but Bird Flu could be different strains.
As far as your statment on wild birds: Its just not true, here are a hole bunch of links that disagree with that statment as well.
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The media hype you complain about is only concerned with H5N1. You said 65 deaths, those were all H5N1.
The info you posted from Ducks Unlimited is old. Really, we're supposed to believe a group of hunters (in north America no less, where H5N1 does not even exist) over the World Health Organization?
Over the last year it has become apparent that there have been several die-offs in the wild of entire flocks of different types of birds. Most have been in China, which is why the info took a while to surface (they suppress bad news or news that may hurt trade). It is now clear that the virus is spreading throughout Asia along bird migratory routes. This is stated in the WHO webpage you cited above. If wild birds aren't a problem, then why is the FWS monitoring wild birds in Alaska? If it's only in domesticated poultry, why would duck hunters care?
Yes, the virus is endemic in poultry, but most of the poultry killed have been culled. One sick bird dooms the entire flock. Those tactics worked for a while but now that the virus is spreading in the wild it will quickly spread across Europe/Asia. What we are seeing in Turkey this week is just the beginning.