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Both west nile, and mad cow can be effectively controlled. In the case of west nile, it could be virtually eradicated if it weren't for enviro-wienies and other lunatics who would rather see people die than have any skeeter killer sprayed about.

Mad cow is controlled by not feeding ruminants to ruminants, and by testing. Until BSE came about, (it's not a virus) the cross species barrier has never been much of an issue. Even with this bird flu, it's not quite the same virus, it rapidly mutates into a form which can then effect humans.

Only 50 or so people have died from this cross species (they think) flu virus. That's far from a pandemic. Thousands die every year from 'regular' flu's. Who knows, this specific flu virus may mutate into something harmless for all we know. If the original virus is eradicated, we may never see
anymore deadly mutations again.

The science isn't exact. the WHO is doing a bit of fear mongering in order to raise it's importance (and money) Let's not forget from where the WHO is from, the world control wannabe organization which thinks it should dictate to all other countries health departments and their biological science professionals, and understate/undermine their capabilities.

Those are some pretty interesting statistics. I kinda had the same belief that the WHO was doing some fear mongering. The way i see it, the most unimportant issues get a serious spin put on them (shark attacks, hurricanes, chicken virus) while the most serious and deadly ones (CHINA!!, cafta, borders) get brushed under the rug like we dont know what is going on. Thanks for the insight.