Are you worried by 'deadly' bird flu?

[EG]

What should be done to prevent the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu found in Turkey?
EU veterinary officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss new measures to prevent bird flu spreading.

The UK government has said people should not panic after the discovery of the deadly strain in birds in Turkey.

The European Commission has already banned imports of live birds from both Turkey and Romania.

Are you worried about a 'deadly' bird flu pandemic? Do you think the preparations taken to combat bird flu are adequate? What else should be done to tackle bird flu?

[Waelith]

I think at the moment, they are probably doing all they can to stop this spreading. I think that in the towns and villages who have had it sighted are doing everything in thie power to keep it under control.
Remember the foot and mouth epidemic in this country? All the farms, and any country side was cordoned off, until it was all under control.
If they use the same sort of system as they did for that, then we hould be safe.
Its a hell of a lot of stress for farmers, and people like that though.

I will still be eating chicken, and turkey though....

[EG]

yeah but they cant cordon off the wild bird flight pattern   they think that that is our biggest danger

[Sez]

I've heard a lot about this recently and I have to admit, I am a little worried about this in case the pandemic will get out of hand and there are many people ill or worse, dead plus I hope that I don't fall ill from this or anyone I know and love..that would be terrible.

I was watching the Politics Show a couple of weeks ago and it was believed that the Welsh may suffer badly from this because of lack of funds or something like that (which is why it worries me because I live in Wales).

I'm not sure what I think about how the government are going about this situation. I did think at first that they're acting a little too late because it's in Europe now but you never know, they might be able to prevent it from coming into Britain on time. Apparently, they're supposed to be vaccinating people against it and stuff but I don't know if that will happen anytime soon.

[Rwar]

Hmm. I think we should be very cautious about this. I think that people should be careful about venturing out to different countries also. I don't think we should panic. As it's not spread into humain flu risks yet.

Though, perhaps we should be careful and check our own british population of the bird. Make sure it's not already here. Because you never know.

[Mithrandir]

I'm not scared because a) I remember SARS, and b) I remember BSE and c) various other diseases which were supposedly going to cause epidemics.

At the end of the day it's just scare-mongering, as previous "epidemics" have proven.

[Waelith]

I'm not scared because a) I remember SARS, and b) I remember BSE and c) various other diseases which were supposedly going to cause epidemics.

At the end of the day it's just scare-mongering, as previous "epidemics" have proven.

I have to agree with this. Whats the point of being scared of yet another disease?! If we were all frightened by it, then none of us would eat/go out/ etc etc. I think that we should not panic!

[Tellyn]

Actually, the disease will only spread if you touch an infected bird.  At the moment, the only chance of us catching it are very slim, seeing as the flu has yet to evolve into a disease that spreads through the air.  Do not worry.

[Phil]

Personally, I think it's just scaremongering.

C'mon - think about it. If the govt really knew of a pandemic I'd like to think they'd have vacines stockpiled etc.

I find it funny when in news broadcasts they talk about the millions it could kill, how we should all be prepared, then at the very end there's an interview saying it could not even be carried to humans.

Lotta poo poo.

[Rwar]

Yeah, it is scare-mongering. What can we do. Nothing, really. It's not reached Europe yet, I think, so we don't have anything to worry about..

The press like to hype things up, take things out of proportion.

But still, we should be aware of the situation. As long as it doesn't spread to the stage when it's by air, or anyone starts to get physical contact with them, then there's nothing to worry about.

[Blaen]

Actually it was found in Romania. And I agree, tis nothing to worry about and besides I get first call on the vaccine

[Jim]

I'm not worried at all to be honest. No reason to be, theres so much conflicting information on so many things you need to take your own view of things sometimes.

It IS a threat if you're working with birds, if not your fine.

[Gollum]

I'm not worried at all to be honest. No reason to be, theres so much conflicting information on so many things you need to take your own view of things sometimes.

It IS a threat if you're working with birds, if not your fine.

In which case it is a threat. Just because it may not affect you at the present time doesn't mean it's not a threat. Just think about people who do work with birds.

As for my views on the subject, I don't think it's as bad as other viruses that are around in the world. It's just the chance that the virus could mutate which is quite likely, at which point it could affect everyone. It all comes down to chance though, and the conditions and principles that are set down to combat what could be a potential large killer.

[Jim]

Let me rephrase then 

It's not a threat for me

[Gollum]

In which case to me, failing to acknowledge it as a threat because it doesn't affect you would give the impression that you do not care about the lives of others.

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