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London - Bird flu found in parrot in UK quarantine-ministry
Reuters
| October 21, 2005
Posted on 10/21/2005 3:02:28 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: southernnorthcarolina; Kenny Bunk; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/21/2005 6:19:50 PM PDT
by
bitt
(THE PRESIDENT: "Ask the pollsters. My job is to lead and to solve problems. ")
To: blam
"South America is the troubling part."
Yep... a natural occurrence due to intercontinental migration (Peregrines?) or was it deliberate?
And exactly what kind of parrot was this and what kind of flight radius is it's norm?
42
posted on
10/21/2005 6:25:07 PM PDT
by
Domestic Church
(AMDG...falconry is real big in places like the UAE.)
To: Termite_Commander
"Since it's not even that close to the US yet, it's still safe to feed and shelter wild birds"
Take off your blinders please and get some wide angle birding field glasses and a Peterson's Guide...if it has reached South America it is en route or already here.
43
posted on
10/21/2005 6:29:20 PM PDT
by
Domestic Church
(AMDG...falconry is real big in places like the UAE.)
To: brytlea
"Yeah, why isn't there a squirrel flu??"
It's a question for Mr.Magoo,
Or that Emily Latilla from SNL,
Due to Early and Late Americana squirrel stew?
To: Termite_Commander
To: manwiththehands
"This is an ex-parrot"
CDC or WHO affilate?
To: Domestic Church
I don't think it has reached South America.
It's only been confirmed as H5, not H5N1.
Remember when everyone was saying it was on that Greek island? Well, it wasn't. It was a different strain. Don't jump to conclusions.
47
posted on
10/21/2005 7:00:17 PM PDT
by
Termite_Commander
(Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
To: Termite_Commander
To: bitt
49
posted on
10/21/2005 9:18:00 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Texas State Motto: "Regular or Extra-Crispy?")
To: All
I tired over all this panic, to my knowledge there has only about 60 to 100 cases which is as bas SARS. A disease by all account should have been the AIDS of the new century, but it was contained. Spreading needless panic serves no purpose, but to scare people. Worse yet it will become the "Boy who cried wolf" scenario. If a real pestilence came the response would be slower because people will remember bird flue, West Nile and be slow to believe them. The health were telling us that was going to be a pandemic. I being to believe that these people, government officials need a crisis to justify their existence.
50
posted on
10/22/2005 3:40:38 AM PDT
by
Kuehn12
(Kuehn12)
To: All
I tired over all this panic, to my knowledge there has only about 60 to 100 cases which is as bad as SARS. A disease by all account should have been the AIDS of the new century, but it was contained. Spreading needless panic serves no purpose, but to scare people. Worse yet it will become the "Boy who cried wolf" scenario. If a real pestilence came the response would be slower because people will remember bird flu, West Nile and be slow to believe them. The health officials were telling us that was going to be some sort of pandemic. I being to believe that these people, government officials, need a crisis to justify their existence. Corrected post
51
posted on
10/22/2005 3:45:44 AM PDT
by
Kuehn12
(Kuehn12)
To: HAL9000
Why on earth is the importation of birds from Africa and Asia still allowed if bird flu is such a threat? This makes NO sense at all.
To: HAL9000
53
posted on
10/22/2005 3:52:35 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
To: Lazamataz
To: katykelly
I always avoid post # 23.
55
posted on
10/22/2005 4:08:59 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
To: Kuehn12
hmmmmmmmmm....we are all tired of freak-outs ("rape and murder in the SuperDome!") but there ARE alerts worth noting and this looks like one of them.....epidemiologists have been dreading this scenario for several years now....
There is no sense in jumping out the window just yet, and skip these posts if you are not interested, but otherwise, wait and watch might not be such a bad idea....
56
posted on
10/22/2005 4:12:44 AM PDT
by
bitt
(THE PRESIDENT: "Ask the pollsters. My job is to lead and to solve problems. ")
To: Harry Monk from Manor Park
LOL! Monty Python reference... since that's all we hear about any more, it needs an intro theme... http://www.geocities.com/pajahoo2012/TheTrashman-SurfinBird.mp3
57
posted on
10/22/2005 10:22:32 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
To: HAL9000
Just a few birds from Central and South America that migrate up here. And, bird flu was found in a parrot back in October! Hmmmm...seems Central and South America are not reporting cases of bird flu in order to preserve tourist dollars. How odd.
Guatemala -- Bullock's Oriole
Ecuador -- Northern Waterthrush
Colombia -- Scarlet Tanager
Peru -- Solitary Sandpiper
Panama -- American Kestrel
Mexico -- Green Winged Teal
Honduras -- Purple Gallinule
Costa Rica -- Western Kingbird
El Salvador -- White-faced Ibis
Belize -- Tree Swallow
Nicaragua -- Warbling Vireo
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posted on
03/17/2006 10:02:29 AM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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