"You normally eat raw chicken? cooked chicken should kill any virus." Would you eat chicken if you thought there was a high probability it had bird flu? I seriously doubt I would. It's analogous to people saying AIDS can't be spread through kissing. Even though that's a fact. I doubt you will find many people willing to kiss someone with AIDS.
I bet the poultry industry is sweating bullets over this.
The whole bird flu pandemic is full of hype and scare tactics, promulgated by the lamestream media.
Here's a counterpoint, by a conservative doctor.
I would encourage everyone to at least consider her contentions about various flu vaccines:
THE FLU SEASON CAMPAIGN BEGINS
http://www.newswithviews.com/Tenpenny/sherri.htm
ELIMINATING BIRD FLU FEARS
http://www.newswithviews.com/Tenpenny/sherri4.htm#_ftn15
Most folks do not know that many vaccines contain all sorts of toxic ingredients. (see partial list of ingredients, below) No one should take a vaccine without first being fully INFORMED as to what they are actually injecting into their body:
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/ingredients1.html
"...thimerosal (mercury), formalin, aluminum hydroxide, phenoxyethanol (antifreeze), polysorbate 20, residual MRC5 proteins (from medium) medium: human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetal tissue)..."
To be honest I am planning to buy another freezer to store cheap chicken if the price is right. I might reconsider if the Chickens have AIDS.
Bird flu only lasts a few weeks if you get it unlike AIDS. If it has reached the point where it can be spread person to person then why avoid Chicken?
Besides most likely the bird flu will have a 2% mortality rate. Lots of people take greater risks without a thought.