Bird Flu Monitor > EU gets ready, US doesn't get it

http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effect Measure] The current avian influenza epidemic in Asia is unprecedented. It is caused by a particular strain of virus that has already caused the death or killing and destruction of more than 125 million birds, major economic losses to the countries concerned which have been estimated at € 8-12 billion and the death of more than 50 people.

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http://infoserve.blogspot.com [Welcome to ::Infoserve::] The Law For Food Facism: The Proposed Food Safety ...: The Avian flu has already led to human deaths and the killing of millions of ducks and chicken. The first sightings of the H5N1 virus behind the Avian influenza came in November.

En.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org [En.wikipedia.org] Avian influenza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: This use of amantadine for poultry goes against international livestock regulations, but China kept it secret until recently, in a manner reminiscent of the secrecy around the early spread of SARS. Chickens in China have received an estimated 2.6 billion doses of amantadine since early 2004.

Newton.uor.edu[Newton.uor.edu] Avian Flu Pandemic Threat: An Annotated List of Internet Resources: Roberto Spiezio on European Union's proposed measures to prevent the further spread of the bird flu; world map of documented avian flu infections in humans (OhmyNews International, May 21, 2005)

[Urgentebooks.com] Pathogen Alert » H5N1: Let me do that math here, let’s see, the U.S. is proposing 120 million for their citizens, and the EU is proposing 1 BILLION for their citizens. So the EU wants to spend $2.19 per citizen (EU25 population is 456.4 million as of 2004), and the U.S. proposes to spend $0.40 for each of its’

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