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Turkey bird flu 'deadly strain'
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Posted on 10/13/2005 4:00:52 AM PDT by lump in the melting pot
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To: Cindy; bitt; Judith Anne
To: lump in the melting pot
I geuss the reporter missed this from yesterday?
BBC - 12th October 2005
'No bird flu' in Romania, says EU
EU - The European Union has said it has so far found no evidence of the presence of bird flu in Romania. A spokesman said tests on suspected cases had come back negative, and experts were hopeful that further examination would confirm this. Romania culled thousands of birds amid fears of an outbreak of the H5N1 virus, deadly to humans, after three ducks were found dead in a remote village. Test results on separate samples from Turkey are expected later in the week. Ankara is racing to contain a suspected outbreak at a turkey farm in the western town of Kiziksa.
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posted on
10/13/2005 4:03:49 AM PDT
by
EBH
(Never give-up, Never give-in, and Never Forget)
To: lump in the melting pot
Could mean SPAM for Thanksgiving.
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posted on
10/13/2005 4:03:59 AM PDT
by
Shqipo
(And so the great battle starts...)
To: lump in the melting pot
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posted on
10/13/2005 4:10:11 AM PDT
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: Shqipo
Well, I guess this is the turkey's revenge for hundreds of years of human genocide!
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posted on
10/13/2005 4:13:33 AM PDT
by
TheBlueMax
("Men of intemperate mind never can be free; their passions forge their fetters")
To: Shqipo
Could mean SPAM for Thanksgivingbut, are you sure there is no turkey in SPAM?
To: Gordon Pym
but, are you sure there is no turkey in SPAMOr SPAM in Turkey?
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posted on
10/13/2005 4:41:35 AM PDT
by
KeyWest
To: Shqipo
Could mean SPAM for Thanksgiving.Or Moose and cheese.
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posted on
10/13/2005 4:43:37 AM PDT
by
KeyWest
To: Gordon Pym
...but, are you sure there is no turkey in SPAM? There certainly is if you get this variety. BTW - It's pretty good.
To: Recovering Hermit
anyone who likes SPAM deserves bird flu
To: europride
fried spam on a crusty roll with spicy mustard, and an ice cold beer....you don't know what yer missin!
To: Minnesoootan
fried spam on a crusty roll with spicy mustard, and an ice cold beer....you don't know what yer missin! Well, it beats lutefisk.
Full Disclosure: I miss Minnesota. Say hello to the Hormel folks in Austin for me.
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posted on
10/13/2005 6:25:52 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: lump in the melting pot
As an American citizen living in Turkey, I'm in Istanbul, I don't think it is anything to be to worried about. It seems to be only in a few places in the far eastern part of the country.
And for the record, I have been here for 1.5 months and I have not eaten or seen any Turkey (the meet). So for now, unless the liberals start acting up, I think that Thanksgiving is safe. I hope...
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posted on
10/13/2005 6:42:09 AM PDT
by
DerekinTurk
(Thank the good Lord above that he is GONE)
To: DerekinTurk
Sorry. That should say (meat) not (meet). Although I have not met any Turkeys here either
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10/13/2005 6:44:06 AM PDT
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DerekinTurk
(Thank the good Lord above that he is GONE)
To: lump in the melting pot
60 deaths in Asia since the end of 2003.Sounds like a pandemic to me.
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posted on
10/13/2005 6:46:05 AM PDT
by
shield
(The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
To: lump in the melting pot; EBH; Dog Gone; BearWash; little jeremiah; unseen; redgolum
The bird flu virus found in Turkey is the H5N1 strain dangerous to humans, the EU Commission has said.
To: lump in the melting pot
"The H5N1 version is responsible for more than 60 deaths in Asia since the end of 2003."
Wow, at that rate, assuming that all humans alive now become immortal to every malady other than bird flu, and assuming that no additional humans are born, this disease will depopulate the earth in 200,000,000 years!
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!
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posted on
10/13/2005 7:40:49 AM PDT
by
adam_az
(It's the border, stupid!)
To: Shqipo
Might have to go with a mad cow roast.
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posted on
10/13/2005 7:41:14 AM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Don't get stuck on stupid.)
To: adam_az
I sorry but you have no idea what your talking about. The virus has not mutated yet. It can jump from bird to human but it is a very hard jump at the moment. What worries everyone is if it mutates so that the jump is not very hard. If/when it does do this many millions are going to die. The greater the range of the bird flu the more chance it has to mutate. Thus as this virus spreads around the globe the chance of a mutation increases.
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posted on
10/13/2005 9:29:58 AM PDT
by
unseen
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