Avian flu is real
March 14th, 2006
A new article of mine, The Avian Flu Threat is Real, was posted today by OpEdNews and ZNet. I counter a recent article by Lucinda Marshall [The Ultimate Chicken Joke], which argues that the avian flu threat is largely bogus and is hyped to enable the US government to enrich the drug companies.
It is certainly understandable that people would be wary of claims by the Bush administration, given its repeated record of exaggeration and deception. However, incorrect conclusions in this instance could prove very dangerous if they undermine attempts to mobilize the government behind much needed public health initiatives. [As noted previoisly, Revere, the blogger on the progressive public health site Effect Measure, has also taken on one of the conspiracy theories endorsed by Marshall in his The Rumsfeld - Tamiflu meme.]
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1. Tony | March 14th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
So what…lots of things that are POTENTIALLY lethal are real. There is too much hype, misinformation and fear mongering for it to hold much credibility. Let’s stockpile tuna and dried milk under our beds….how ridiculous is that !! From our government no less !!!!
2. M. RANDOLPH KRUGER | March 15th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
TONY… FINE THEN DONT PREPARE. PLEASE THOUGH DONT MAKE DECISIONS OR ASSERT THAT IT ISNT COMING TO OTHER PEOPLE. I DONT CARE IF RUMSFELD MAKES A BILLION DOLLARS IF IT DOES COME OR EVEN FIVE IF IT DOESNT. THIS KIND OF STUFF HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THEY INVENTED MONEY. YOU ARE EITHER VERY YOUNG, TOO IDEALISTIC OR JUST FLAT DUMB IF YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN ESCAPE THIS.
MIND IF YOU ARE LESS THAN 45 THE KILL RATE IS 78% OUT OF AN OVERALL 56% RATE. A DEATH SENTENCE IN FACT. I AM SURE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH MY FRIENDS AT THE US EMBASSY IN ANKARA TURKEY AS I HAVE DISCUSSING THE AVIAN FLU AND WHAT IT HAS DONE UP COUNTRY. I AM SURE THAT YOU HOLD A NIMS-800/900 CERTIFICATION AS I DO IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT.
AS THE ONLY AIRCRAFT SERVICE I AM TOLD OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY THAT IS PREPARED FOR A BIO HAZARDOUS EVENT INCLUDING MASKS, BOOTS, GLOVES, DECONTAMINATION FACILITIES. I AM FULL IN THE KNOWLEGE OF WHAT IS COMING BECAUSE I DO GET BRIEFINGS THAT YOU DONT.
TONY, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT AND SAY, “WHY NOT ASSUME THEY ARE RIGHT?” BOB WEBSTER HERE IN TOWN PUTS THE CHANCES AT 50/50 NOW WITH A FULL ON POSSIBLE 50% HUMAN KILL ACROSS THIS PLANET. HE HAS NO POLITICAL AXES TO GRIND. SO WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET YOU TO HEED THE WARNINGS?
I ALSO AM COMMMUNICATING DAILY WITH A “GANG OF 13″ VIROLOGISTS, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS. I CAN SAY FOR A CERTAINTY THAT THEY THINK ITS COMING. HOW SEVERE IS THE QUESTION. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE.
COULD THEY BE WRONG? YES. BUT EVEN IF THEY ARE ONLY 50% RIGHT ON THE LOW END AND WE GET A MILD PANDEMIC, THEN ABOUT 15 MILLION AMERICANS ARE NOT GOING TO BE AROUND. THEY ALSO HAVE TOLD EVERY STATE THEY CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE THERE TO HELP. THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC PLAN IS TO USE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP THE LIVING ALIVE AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING LEFT THEY WILL FUNNEL IT TO THE SICK. THEY CANNOT DESTROY THE SYSTEM JUST TO TAKE CARE OF THE SICK THAT WILL DIE ANYWAY. IF VENTILATORS ALONE ARE THE CRITERIA, WE ARE GOING TO BE 600,000 SHORT IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS AND THATS THE EQUIVALENT OF 600,000 DEAD. THOSE VENTILATORS ALONE WOULD COST 21 BILLION DOLLARS, SO THEY WONT BE THERE.
IF THIS COMES IT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF THIS PLANET AND IF YOU ARE A LIBERAL, BE AWARE YOU NEED TO PREPARE. WHY? BECAUSE THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO GET WHACKED THE HEAVIEST ARE THE POOR, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE DEMOCRATIC, AND THE UNEDUCATED. IT WILL MAKE KATRINA LOOK LIKE A WARM SHOWER PASSED. IF THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS COMPRISED OF THIS THEN ONLY THE CONSERVATIVES AS A RULE WILL BE LEFT. THERES A REASON TO PREPARE RIGHT THERE. IF FOR NO OTHER REASON DO IT TO KEEP THE REPUBLICANS OUT OF POWER. THERES YOUR MOTIVATION IF YOU ARE A LIB.
I DONT THINK THAT DRIED MILK AND TUNA ARE THE ANSWER. I THINK THE GUY THAT MADE THAT STATEMENT SHOULD BE SLAPPED AROUND. I RATHER THINK THAT THEY SHOULD DO A PRESS CONFERENCE AND SHOW WHAT THIS STUFF DOES TO YOU INSTEAD. IF YOU GET IT, YOU WILL DIE.
I DO HAVE A BLOG SITE THAT YOU CAN JOIN IN WITH THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE THAN THE GOVERNMENT, PROVIDE MORE DETAILS THAN THEY WILL AND LIKELY GET YOU ON THE SIDE OF LIVING RATHER THAN JUST ASSUMING THAT THIS ISNT COMING. JUST HIT ME ON THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS, IT JUST COMES FLOATING THRU EVERY DAY OR SO BASED ON THE NEWS.
TONY, AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT 13 YEARS IN THE MILITARY I DONT CARE WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS, YOUR POLITICS (SORT OF), HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE, OR WHERE YOU LIVE. WE NEED ALL AMERICANS ALIVE. I AM CONCERNED MOSTLY BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THIS KIND OF WARNING BEFORE. ITS A CATCH-ALL TOLD YOU SO. IF IT DOESNT COME, THEY CAN POINT TO ALL THE FACTS, IF IT DOES THEN THEY CAN SAY I TOLD YOU SO.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS OR FAT CATS MAKING MONEY. THEY JUST SPENT 7 BILLION OF OUR MONEY TO GET US MOVING AND PREPARED. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAN, WHATS IT GOING TO HURT TO HAVE SOME EXTRA FOOD LYING AROUND? CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF EVEN 10% OF THIS COUNTRY IS UNPREPARED FROM A FOOD STANDPOINT FOR TWO MONTHS DURATION? THEY WILL LAST TWO THEN MAYBE THREE WEEKS AND THEN THEY ARE DONE. DEAD MEN WALKING. I AM PRETTY SURE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE WHO HAS DIED OF DEHYDRATION OR STARVATION. I HAVE.
I AM A REPUBLICAN AND ASKING, BEGGING, PLEADING WITH YOU TO PREPARE FOR THIS BECAUSE IF IT STARTS, THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO PREPARE OR TO SAVE YOU AND EASILY 20 MILLION OTHER AMERICANS. TAKE IT FROM THE CONSERVATIVE GUY, YOU HAVE TO BE ALIVE TO VOTE LIB. JUST BUY STUFF YOU WOULD NORMALLY NEED AND PREPARE. THEN YOU ARE OUT NOTHING EXCEPT A LITTLE MONEY THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE NOT SPENT. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
BESTS TO YOU TONY.
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