[JACKRUSSELL]

(Just wondering, couldn't they do this in a more humane way?)

A Chinese health worker kills a chicken in Chaoan, Guangdong province, in this February 1, 2004 file photo after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in the area. China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the Agriculture Ministry said. (REUTERS/China Photo)

[JACKRUSSELL]

”Made in China” Ping.

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[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Probably they were eating food from China.

[metmom]

That mask is sure doing him a lot of good.

[papertyger]

Lovely.

All foreign adoptions have to go through Guangzhou before leaving China.

Just perfect...

[mtbopfuyn]

So, this is a subtype which means it’s mutating.

[Robert357]

So what happens when the Olympics start and bird flu breaks out? Will China quarantine visitors or keep their mouth shut and allow an epidemic to move across the globe?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[gnarledmaw]

"Just wondering, couldn't they do this in a more humane way?"

I think so Brain...but, where are we going to get that many tiny electric chairs?

Knarf!Poit!Zort!

[PugetSoundSoldier]

The bird flu is the biggest non-crisis in the media. Even bigger than global warming.

Ever since it first popped up as the Virus To Kill Us All, in 1997, it’s estimated to have caused 100 deaths. 100. Total world wide deaths - 10 per year.

Put that in perspective, the Center for Disease Control estimates that 36,000 die annually in America from the flu. Or 3600 times MORE than the world-wide total from the bird flu.

Seriously, I think the media keeps the bird flu around simply as a way to scare the masses when there’s nothing else rumbling in the immediate vacinity...

[metmom]

ping