Word: birdness
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...worried about an outbreak of avian flu in Europe [Oct. 17]. But as a Hungarian, I'm happy that doctors in my country are far along in developing a vaccine against the deadly h5n1 strain of Asian bird flu. The faster we get the antiviral drugs to fight this disease, the more people will survive it. But how many are going to die before we do get the drugs? The prototype of the vaccine has produced positive results in humans, and Hungary should be able to produce it in large quantities. We must learn to live with and combat this...
...developed countries are very vulnerable to the avian-influenza pandemic that is expected to spread around the world. Those countries lack the means to fight the flu. There are millions of chickens in small areas like the island of Java in Indonesia. Should the flocks become infected and the bird-flu virus mutate and spread to human beings, it would put Java's 114 million people at risk. Djali Ahimsa Jakarta...
...bird-flu pandemic can be avoided if we stop raising poultry for human consumption. Chickens can still be preserved for egg production through breeding in controlled laboratories. That is a drastic step, but it is necessary for disease prevention. If governments do not wish to do that, they should concentrate the slaughter of poultry in a few (very few) regional slaughterhouses to reduce contact between chickens and humans. The time to act is now. Casey Lim Hong Kong...
...Administration officials tell TIME that their strategy is to detect and contain any problem overseas, show the American people that the President is in command and the government is doing whatever can be done to prepare, and inform the public so that the reaction to any instances of bird flu might be calmer. "Scientists and doctors cannot tell us where or when the next pandemic will strike, or how severe it will be, but most agree: At some point, we are likely to face another pandemic," Bush said. "And the scientific community is increasingly concerned by a new influenza virus...
...seemed eager to show how much he'd been studying and pondering the possible consequences of a flu pandemic for the nation and the world. He even recommended John Barry's epic The Great Influenza, about the epidemic of 1918, which new genetic research shows was caused by bird flu. Bush had started reading it in July and finished it at the ranch during his working vacation, the staff said. Despite the time, attention and enthusiasm Bush has brought to the issue, Democrats say it wasn't enough. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California said Bush's strategy...