France urges calm as H5N1 bird flu hits turkey farm (H5N1 also hits Germany)

Alert Net ^ | 2-25-06

[TaxRelief]

I'm going to lay-in a supply of Hudson Valley foie gras...

$71.50 per duck? No bird is worth $50/pound!

[river rat]

"..who would be left?"

You be bad.....Loved it.

Semper Fi

[blam]

"Tell that to the poultry producers all over the Eastern Hemisphere who are being financially ruined! If it spreads to this hemisphere, it will do the same thing."

I read an article last week that said 200,000 Italians were or would be out of jobs. That seems like a high number to me. How many will that equal in this country?

All meat prices will go up when the BF gets here. Stock up now?

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Heck, Dick Cheney spent hundreds-of-thousands shooting quail a few weeks back, when you factor-in all the costs, ie transportation, SS, etc.

I'm hoping Wal-Mart carries it, someday soon. But it would probably be Chinese foie gras, infected with bird flu.

[NRA2BFree]

Thanks for the ping! I had ordered the recommended 3M respirator masks last week, and they came yesterday. I wore one for a while, and it took a little while to get used to. I decided to get mine before panic sets in and they sell out. I bought a case of 80 masks for $200.00. I just went ahead and bought for all of my family. That way I KNOW they'll have them when they need them.

Even IF it doesn't mutate and become human to human transmittable this year, it will be next year or the one after that, IMO. It's mutated 7 times since 2003, so it's just a matter of time before it hits, but even IF it never does, I'll have masks to use to paint with for the next millennium. LOL

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Re: The French: If chickens eat chickens-is that considered cannibalism?

[sandbar]

>>>This bird flu scare has gotten out of hand.

How so? >>>

Devoting an article every time A, SINGULAR, ONE bird gets it.

[Judith Anne]

According to the article, 80% of 11,000 birds on ONE farm, which was already isolated, had died from the avian flu. The rest of the birds on the farm, according to the article, will be "culled."

80% of 11,000 is a few more than ONE. SINGLE. BIRD.

I guess you didn't read the rest of the thread, either. No problem. We weren't going to tell you about the flu, anyway, because we know you think that news articles posted on this forum concerning the avian flu equals panicking about it.

[dc-zoo]

There's always a "wise-ass" in the bunch who thinks he knows more than anyone else. A brain is such a terrible thing to waste.

[redgolum]

Bad thing is that those wise acres convince many that this is a fabricated story.

At the very least it will destroy the poultry business for a time.