migratory birds and avian flu

[Chris Sanderson <>]

Even if these birds were migratory waders that visit Australia, I fail
to see how they could make an 8000 km+ flight while sick with the flu?
 It makes me feel ill to think of scientists advocating this kind of
thing in a highly popular journal without thinking of the consequences
of public opinion.  Incidentally, AQIS takes blood samples of waders
up here to test for any signs of infection and to the best of my
knowledge have never found anything at all.

Regards,
Chris
Broome, WA

On 7/7/05, Andrew Taylor <> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 10:07:16AM +1000, John Leonard wrote:
> >    I have heard from another source that the dead birds were Bar-headed
> >    Geese. But whether any of the other birds were species which migrate
> >    to Australia, or whether these were infected is not stated. Nor is any
> >    information about the different species different flight paths given