Bird Flu Monitor > Mad Viet bird flu scientist charged with foolhardiness
[Pathogen Alert] By the time the vaccine is ready, it will no longer be effective against an influenza virus that easily mutates. If the vaccine cannot be updated, she cautioned, Vietnam would be left vulnerable in the face of a mass killer.
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[Urgentebooks.com] Pathogen Alert » H5N1: If the bird flu causes a pandemic in China, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia – a likely beginning scenario – the economy of the U.S., Canada, and the UK will grind to a slow pace. An alliance of major nations should be formed now to help combat bird flu in the Bird Flu Triangle. We should be throwing everything we’ve got, from brains to cash, at Asia right now, before it gets off a plane at San Francisco International. We cannot let WHO fight this battle alone.
[Urgentebooks.com] Pathogen Alert: Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to enjoy a bowl of genetically-modified corn cereal with milk from genetically-modified cows. It’s my secret recipe for protecting myself against bird flu and West Nile infection, you see. Thanks to the brilliance of Monsanto’s genetic scientists, if bird flu or West Nile enters my bloodstream, deadly pathogens will encounter a whole new battalion of genes that will destory the bastard viruses.
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