i just bought some chicken to fix sometime this week. i really hadnt thought about things until now.

parrot in britain quarantine dies of avian flu

http://www.foxnews.com/

“..in a breeding facility chickens and ducks effected at china’s northern region of inner mongolia..

The main cause of human infections is direct contact with poultry in slaughtering, butchering or cooking, or surfaces contaminated by their droppings, health officials say..

There is no evidence that properly cooked chicken or eggs can sicken people.”

maybe there’s no evidence because no one has been brave enough to eat “properly cooked chicken or eggs” that could have been exposed to the H5N1 avian flu virus.

and.. how bout anyone who would be brave enough to prepare the “exposed” chicken..? you’d probly have to wear full nuclear toxic body suit in order to handle it.. in order to prepare it to eat.
but.. who’d want to eat something so potentially dangerous just to touch it?

so aside from the human deaths.. this avian flu is effecting food production in china..

i suppose i’m jumpting but maybe it might need to be considered..?

what’s to become of eating establishments that have their entire business resting on bird meat.. like “kentucky fried chicken”…

have their customers declined at all yet?

another thing.. chicken soup is supposed to be the best remedy for the flu.. .. why not.. .. feed it to the birds.. .. uh.. .. would it work?

update: 10.29
timesonline.co.uk
scientist’s aim to beat flu with genetically modified chickens

guess it wasnt such an odd idea after all..

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Q: during the swine flu that was going around some years ago.. .. did anyone not eat ham?

hey.. i sure know how to cheer everybody up now dont i?

possumnews (humor)

“..In an attempt to capitalize on widespread public panic about a possible avian flu pandemic, McDonald’s has introduced a new snack treat as an adjunct to their low-fat salads.
The best thing we can do with those allegedly infected birds is turn them into tasty snack treats. There’ll be no bird flu wherever our deep-fat friars are in operation. We have uses for chicken, and it isn’t spreading disease to the American people.”