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Bird flu: the Bush administration has been creating irrational fear about the dangers of avian influenza just so that they can "save" us from it through restrictive governmental powers.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
--H.L. Mencken
Though the H5N1 virus, better known as Avian Influenza or the bird flu, is a tangible reality and a potential threat, conjuring the prospect of the disease mutating into a planet-menacing pandemic involves a considerable amount of imagination. At present, roughly 60 people out of a global population of more than six billion have succumbed to the bird flu, and nearly all of them have contracted it under conditions very difficult to duplicate. No evidence has ...
- Testing for avian influenza criticized.
- Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly June 26, 2006 700+ words
The Bush administration lacks a comprehensive...testing and monitoring avian influenza in commercial poultry...deadly Asian strain of avian influenza is present or how...event of a potential avian influenza outbreak, "especially...
- Avian influenza pandemic: not if, but when.(reports)
- Magazine article from: Pediatric Nursing Allen, Pat Jackson January 1, 2006 700+ words
...and Prevention (CDC) labeled avian influenza as "the most important threat...pandemic (Bulman, 2005). The Bush administration released the National Strategy...So, what is "Bird Flu" or avian influenza, and why are public health...
- Knowledge about avian influenza, European region.(LETTERS)(Survey)
- Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Mossialos, Elias Rudisill, Caroline December 1, 2008 700+ words
...Editor: Since the first identifications of avian influenza (H5N1) in Europe in late 2005 and early...Turkey about the risks and transmission of avian influenza. The H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus has caused >240 human deaths...
- Spread of avian influenza viruses among birds.
- Magazine article from: Journal of Environmental Health May 1, 2006 700+ words
Avian influenza viruses circulate among birds worldwide...Susceptible birds can become infected with avian influenza virus when they have contact with...other birds. Infection with certain avian influenza A viruses (for example, some H5...
- Avian influenza knowledge among medical students, Iran.(LETTERS)(Letter to the...
- Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Ghabili, Kamyar Shoja, Mohammadali M. Kamran, Pooya April 1, 2008 700+ words
To the Editor: Avian influenza is an infectious disease caused...have experienced outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry, and >100 million...who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en). The prevalence of severe...
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of avian influenza, poultry workers,...
- Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Abbate, Rossella Di Giuseppe, Gabriella Marinelli, Paolo Angelillo, Italo F. November 1, 2006 700+ words
...attitudes, and practices regarding avian influenza. It was perceived to be a low occupational...droppings. Two epidemics caused by avian influenza virus H5 and H7 subtypes occurred...detecting, and preventing the spread of avian influenza (3). Workers in the poultry industry...
- University of California, Davis Experts Vigilant for Avian Influenza.
- News wire article from: AScribe Business & Economics News Service September 27, 2005 700+ words
...Newswire) -- A virulent strain of avian influenza (H5N1), deemed by the World Health...Kazakhstan. Should a serious strain of avian influenza arrive here via people, poultry or...Medical Center in Sacramento. ABOUT AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BIRDS AND ANIMALS Avian influenza...
- Avian Influenza Virus.(general issue)
- Magazine article from: Mushroom News October 1, 2006 700+ words
Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) is still in the news...agencies have pages of information on Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) available to the public...Resources." Select food safety, then Avian Influenza Fact Sheet to bring up the article...
Source: HighBeam Research, Bird flu: the Bush administration has been creating irrational fear...