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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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Bird flu fears grip Europe press
From the BBC News Website:
Bird flu has grabbed headlines across Europe as the deadly H5N1 strain spreads to more countries, including at least six in the European Union.
A number of papers however warn against giving in to panic and urge a measured response.
| France's Le Figaro wrote: |
| "Bird flu is present, the collective panic too. A wild duck, found dead this weekend, was the bearer of ill omens. France is fated not to escape the H5N1 virus... France is the country which is doubtless best prepared for the arrival of the fatal virus. But farmers understandably are raising the alarm: we are the leading European producer of poultry, and consumers' fears, more than the disease itself, are likely to have tragic consequences for many farms. They are exaggerated fears, we should remember, because bird flu, like every kind of flu, is a respiratory infection and cannot be caused by eating roast chicken or duck conserve!" |
| Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: |
| "The photos of dead swans have caused a mood of near-panic, even amongst MPs and ministers... A greater sense of proportion in dealing with avian flu would be appropriate." |
| Germany's Der Tagesspiegel wrote: |
| "Politicians are on the right path. We need measures which show a sense of proportion, disaster scenarios are out of place." |
| Italy's La Repubblica wrote: |
| "Italy's confederation of agricultural producers has issued a new warning over the effects that fear of bird flu is having on the poultry industry and has again asked for help. It says the industry risks collapse." |
| Italy's La Stampa wrote: |
| "In face of the 30,000 jobs put at risk by the avian flu emergency, President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is calling for calm and warns against the psychosis unleashed by the chicken fever. The colossal losses sustained by the industry (poultry sales down by 70% in two days) worry the president of the republic." |
| Denmark's Berlingske Tidende wrote: |
| "The discovery of two dead swans on the German Baltic coast had barely become known before headlines about the ravages of bird flu took over the front pages... The disease will reach Denmark sooner or later, but there is no need to fear that an epidemic will spread through the population with the same disastrous effects as the Spanish flu after World War I. It is important to bear in mind that the illness only passes from animal to human in extreme circumstances... The population's anxiety stems from ignorance. Detailed and reliable information is therefore what is most needed here and now." |
| Spain's El Pais wrote: |
| "The government considers it unlikely that these northern swans will reach Spain and has decided to postpone the more drastic measures - like ordering all poultry to be kept inside until March when the migratory birds arrive from West Africa. The position may be formally correct, but it requires a degree of optimism to think that thousands of back yards in a thousand villages can be dealt with by a last-minute ministerial order. In order for this order to be obeyed when it comes, it is necessary to send out much clearer messages right now." |
| Hungary's Nepszabadsag wrote: |
| "The main opposition party Fidesz has already accused the government of failing to take any precautionary measures. If there are irresponsible acts which can cause panic, the Fidesz statement is definitely one of them. One can only hope that the bird flu issue will remain a veterinary problem." |
| Estonia's Eesti Paevaleht wrote: |
| "Europe is getting ready for bird flu. Hospital beds have been prepared; medication has been purchased. But Estonia is addressing the matter in its usual way - with indifference... If the government does not prepare for the epidemic, everyone will have to manage on their own. Yes, certainly it is possible that there will not be an epidemic or that it will pass us by. But the old folk knew: better safe than sorry. That applied to oil pollution, and now it also applies to bird flu." |
| Austria's Die Presse wrote: |
| "Swans are ancient symbols of eternity and melancholy. Now the swans are lying with twisted necks on the ice and we are horrified. They are harbingers of death, fallen angels... The swans have become a symbol for the constant threat to mankind from microbiology... But we need our helpers from the world of microbiology to breathe and digest, for our immune system. No, 'nature' has no 'intention' of wiping us out." |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4731944.stm |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| I just want to know: why did you start a new thread? Makes no sense to me. |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:46 am Post subject: |
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Why not?
How many threads are there on cartoons and Islam? |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| So, the answer is, "Just because?" |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| EFLtrainer wrote: |
| I just want to know: why did you start a new thread? Makes no sense to me. |
Because in the past four weeks, the risk of an avian flu pandemic has grown much worse. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Maryland Nurse Died from Smallpox Vaccine Administered Despite Opposition
A comprehensive vaccine program should include a comprehensive compensation program for those injured.
Andrea Deerheart Cornitcher, 55, a nurse in Salisbury, MD volunteered to take the smallpox vaccination after the Bush Administration unveiled its plan to have all health care professionals vaccinated in response to 9/11.
On March 23, 2003, five days after receiving the vaccine, Andrea had a heart attack and died. The evening before her death, Andrea began vomiting and collapsed in the Arlington home of a friend, but they
thought she had food poisoning. Sadly, they were wrong�she had a heart attack and died during the night.
Andrea was the first of three people to die within the same week in March 2003 of a heart attack after receiving the smallpox vaccine. Virginia Jorgensen, 57, a nurse's assistant in Florida, was vaccinated and died on March 26, ten days after suffering a heart attack. And, Lloyd Clements Jr., a 55-year-old national guardsman on active duty, died of a heart attack on the same day, a mere two days after his inoculation.
After these deaths from heart attacks, the smallpox vaccination program was put on hold
http://www.atla.org/pressroom/vaccinesafety/acornitcher.aspx |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| We must hurry. Everyone should panic now before it's too late. |
I always like people who say "now is not the time to panic" or "now is not the time to fear monger." When is it the right time to panic or fear monger? Hmmm.
Anyway, a flu pandemic that kills young and healthy people is surely something for our government and international health agencies to be concerned about and prepare for. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| A comprehensive vaccine program should include a comprehensive compensation program for those injured. |
There actually is a compensation program. Probably not one for the military. But for public health, if you get a vaccination, there is a fund set up to compensate those injured by bad reactions. |
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