What do you make of the Avian flu?

[Alan]

Hi,

So it's here, it's arrived and it's not a million miles from where I live and have my being. Avian flu has reached my tiny island. What should I do? Should I take flight? No, that's a bad metaphor.

Help

Alan
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[Lucien_Librarian]

Hello Alan

I don't think there's reason to be worried just yet. As long as you don't come in direct contact with infected birds or their -um- droppings there's no risk. You can't get infected by well-cooked meat, as far as I know. You're no chicken farmer, are you? ;-) I think that the issue is over-hyped in the media although there's the remote chance that the virus will mutate into a form that is air-borne but there's been no reports of that so far.

Regards
Ralf

[Aydincelenk]

Hi Alan,

Nothing to worry about the Avian-flu as long as you're not to keep the birds at home. I had no problems with it, living in a country where some were killed by the illness.
But you have to be careful about the flu- nomatter if it is avian or not.

With regards from Turkey.

[Prezbucky]

I think it's for the birds.
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[Ahmadov]

Good news from the scientists: you can contract bird flu only if you touch a sick bird's feathers and do not wash your hands. It turns out that contracting bird flu is next to impossible if you do not have any contact with birds both domestic and wild. On the other hand, not every person infected dies. I think only half of the infected people have died since 1997. This information needs to be checked though...
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[Ahmadov]

Big thanks to those who edit my posts above and elsewhere on this web site...
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[Nami]

till today 272 human cases were confirmed. among 272 cases, 166 cases died

[Prezbucky]

so roughly two-thirds of the cases have been fatal
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[Ahmadov]

Nami, thanks for your help with statistics...
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[Medeya2012]

We again have to stop eating chickens? My God, I can't:)) At this time I can't live without eating chicken like last year..I was so afraid last year that I didn't eat it even when everyone was taking pleasure of eating chickens in summer:( Now I'm not going to stop ( I hope,if there will be no dead men's reports on tv) Life is too short to think about living heheheee,life is good when we eat and drink, may not be other way:)
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[NinaZara]

You might try wearing a mask wherever you go ;) people in japan wear it all the time. I wear it everytime I had a flu.

[Lucien_Librarian]

As I said above: You can go on to eat chickens! You can't get infected by cooked meat. Everything else is false information!

[Prezbucky]

thank goodness

I don't know what i'd do without chicken...

fried chicken
chicken massala
chicken curry
chicken satay (sp?)
grilled or fried chicken sandwiches
barbecued chicken
chicken tacos, burritos, etc.
chicken-rice casserole
Chicken McNuggets (hehe)

etc.

yum
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[Lucien_Librarian]

*lol* prezbucky...impressive list.

But what's "chicken massala"?

[NinaZara]

Hi Ralf,

I think Tom won't mind me answering your question.