Re: NO NEED TO FEAR BIRD FLU

In message <45ne42h1f751vl3gqoo7paeoe30so0er1j@xxxxxxx>, amacmil304@xxxxxxx writes
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:29:28 +0100, Malcolm
<Malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


In article <3lge421anphtfit3i6kv4o6dt0kvbhn2n6@xxxxxxx>,
amacmil304@xxxxxxx writes
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:41:51 +0100, Malcolm
<Malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <asad42htjtqeskarhmjjnf4iv93532skbl@xxxxxxx>,
amacmil304@xxxxxxx writes
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:15:36 +0100, Malcolm
<Malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <6MXEYeBCunREFwVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Malcolm Kane
<malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

So as you are so worried about risks you will be barricading your self
into the house and getting rid of all sharp objects won't you?

Not to mention any ducks, geese and chickens. I wonder if Angus has any
cats. They've been killed by avian flu.

You've lost the argument and now into diversionary tactics :-))

Fact: cats have caught avian flu and died.

Not in the UK - Yet

No, but as close as Germany, which is quite probably where the dead swan
in Fife came from.

Yes and where many other could come from.

Angus please don't show your ignorance of bird life. The spring migration goes the other way.



But
then I'm not waging a vendetta against conservation organisations and
trying to persuade people not to visit their bird reserves because of an
unmeasurably low risk of catching bird flu from a wild bird. Your
refusal to accept that there are much higher risks from poultry and from
town parks where people are in direct contact with birds demonstrates
your dishonesty :-(


There is obviously a greater risk in places where a large number of
migrant birds congregate

You had better start looking out for swallows Angus.

The BBC who you put so much store by say it has been identified in Nigeria. Swallows will have/be passing through Nigeria on the way here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4692916.stm

Better stay indoors Angus.


More silly abuse. You just can't cope, can you?

I can cope very well, Malcolm.

If you could cope Angus you would answer the points made to you not try to hide behind pretending you have addressed them else where.

:-))))))


Bird flu has been spread around the world by movements (often illegal)
of poultry and poultry products, such as feathers. Bird flu occurs in
wild birds, at a very low level, and evidence that wild birds have
actually transmitted the flu to poultry rather than the other way round
is actually very hard to find.

Of course it is, you stupid man. Poultry are much more easily caught
for testing. Try catching swans and ducks in any number at Loch Leven
and you'll see what I mean.

Angus as I point out elsewhere if the infection had taken hold then there would be a noticeable number of bodies around up to a couple of thousand.

Perhaps the lack of infection is why they are lifting the restrictions as mentioned in another thread.



Your continued refusal to accept that there are much higher risks from
poultry and from town parks where people are in direct contact with
birds than on bird reserves where people and birds are deliberately kept
apart, merely demonstrates your dishonesty, as I am sure many people
will agree.

The highest concentration of Whooper swans in the infected area is at
Loch Leven and I would suggest it is prudent to avoid visiting this
reserve.

Swans are not the only bird which can catch the virus why are you just talking about swans?

They are also not the only migrant bird. Why are you conveniently ignoring that fact.


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Malcolm Kane
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