Isn't The Netherlands where they just exposed the monkeys to SARS in order to certify this coronavirus was indeed causing SARS? What are the odds they would in a matter of days have this new avian flu ?!
Dr. David L. Heymann, executive director in charge of communicable diseases for W.H.O., said the agency "is 99 percent sure" that SARS is caused by the new coronavirus based on the monkey experiments in the Netherlands. Experiments on animals are necessary because the lack of an effective treatment for SARS and the relatively high death rate make it unethical to conduct such experiments on humans.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894105/posts I did a quick check of ProMED and it looks like they have been dealing with bird flu since the beginning of March.