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Subject: Migratory birds and bird flu
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g'Day all
In the past week several media sources have repeated that migratory
birds are likely to cause the spread of the bird flu. I would like to
find out more of the facts. As Michael Hunter pointed out to this forum
recently, we know that some water birds carry undesirables such as Ross
River virus but is there evidence and not just assumption, that
migratory birds are responsible for spreading the bird flu virus H5N1?
If so would somebody be kind enough to quote references please.
An internet search of "bird flu" "migratory birds" source about 100
hits to one statement "Migratory birds are what carry the disease,"
said World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Bob Dietz. It appears to
me that this one unsupported statement could be be the source of much of
this media hysteria. And this morning a spokesman for the Australian
Quarantine Service (Carson?) during an interview on Adelaide radio 5AA
said "migratory birds are spreading the virus"
A variety of articles relating to the subject are linked below;
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994614
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/66821/1/
.html
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,251469-1-6,00.html
http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040127/449_12492.asp
http://www.iht.com/articles/126685.htm
http://www.komotv.com/healthwatch/story.asp?ID=29521
What are the facts?
Regards
Ian May
Price, SA
0409 474 575
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g'Day all
<p>In the past week several media sources have repeated that migratory
birds are likely to cause the spread of the bird flu. I would like
to find out more of the facts. As Michael Hunter pointed out to
this
forum recently, we know that some water birds carry undesirables such as
Ross River virus but is there evidence and not just assumption, that
migratory
birds are responsible for spreading the bird flu virus H5N1?
If so would somebody be kind enough to quote references please.
<p>An internet search of "bird flu" "migratory birds" source
about 100 hits to one statement <i>"Migratory birds are what carry
the disease," said World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Bob
Dietz.</i>
It appears to me that this one unsupported statement could be be the
source
of much of this media hysteria. And this morning a spokesman
for the Australian Quarantine Service (Carson?) during an interview on
Adelaide radio 5AA said "migratory birds are spreading the virus"
<p>A variety of articles relating to the subject are linked below;
<p><a
href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994614";>http://
www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994614</a>
<br><a
href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/
66821/1/.html">http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/
view/66821/1/.html</a>
<br><a
href="http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,251469-1
-6,00.html">http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,251469-1
-6,00.html</a>
<br><a
href="http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040127/449_12492.asp";>http://
www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040127/449_12492.asp</a>
<br><a
href="http://www.iht.com/articles/126685.htm";>http://www.iht.com/
articles/126685.htm</a>
<br><a
href="http://www.iht.com/articles/126685.htm";>http://www.komotv.com/
healthwatch/story.asp?ID=29521</a>
<p>What are the facts?
<p>Regards
<br>
<p>Ian May
<p>Price, SA
<p>0409 474 575</html>
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