What are ya? Chicken?

[aqualou]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/01/us.flu.plan/top.chicken.ap.jpg
President Bush will unveil a national strategy for bird flu today, in a bid to reduce the chance that an outbreak among people could become widespread, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said. The strategy -- to be unveiled at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland -- will include plans to identify an outbreak as soon as it appears, work to contain it and treat it "to the best extent possible," McClellan told reporters.

[markalot]

This is critical stuff!

Back around 1900 when the last bird flu hit at least 1000 people here in the US died. With today's medicine I'm thinking 4 or 5 old people might be at risk, so we need a national distraction ... I mean plan.

[BigSugar]

even when it was global warming, i knew it was just the bird flu in disguise. WHY WON'T WE LEARN!!!! HUMANS ARE THE VIRUS!!!

*titter*

[seafoamgreen]

Someone wanna tell me why i'm watching the president's speech on this right now?

well, the government has a plan. or at least a website-http://www.pandemicflu.gov/ (www.pandemicflu.gov)

[Shlep]

Oh, everybody knows that Bush is just drumming up this whole "bird flu" thing so his crony Rumsfeld can get rich when Gilead Sciences stock goes through the roof because they're the only company that makes Tamiflu.

Hell...I'l bet Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld invented bird flu!! Where's Michael Moore?! This has "Palme d'Or" written all over it!

[euro60]

Hell...I'l bet Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld invented bird flu!! Where's Michael Moore?! This has "Palme d'Or" written all over it!
hahahahahahahaha!!! Too funny! I almost fell of my chair laughing :o

[juggles]

Huh? Influenza? Until now, I thought all these headlines about "the bird flu" were just the result of a generation of reporters learning phonics in grade school.

[Homsar]

Epidemics will happen, people will die, you'll hope it's not you.

[jneale]

I do think it is being used as a diversion.

That said, there are too many people in the world.

Far too many people are alive today who have serious health issues that 10 yrs ago they would be dead save for new drugs & in-home oxygen.

Some kinda pandemic is inevitable & I really don't see how anyone can head it off, especially the government. They couldn't get all the people out of Louisiana & damn if there wasn't lots of notice that a storm was coming.