H5N1 Bird Flu in the UK

Matblack · 03-02-2007, 13:07

Well the UK now has its second case of bird flu (well 2nd to 1601st).

Up to now the only one case was a dead swan on a beach, the second is a little larger 1600 turkeys at a battery farm in Suffolk run by Bernard Matthews, hardly a 'bootiful' situation.

All free range birds in the UK will be ordered to be kept undercover and various restrictions will be put in place.

I can see this resulting in widespread panic despite the fact that you pretty much have to french kiss a turkey to contract the virus. Still quite a major development though.

MB

03-02-2007, 13:07	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	H5N1 Bird Flu in the UK Well the UK now has its second case of bird flu (well 2nd to 1601st). Up to now the only one case was a dead swan on a beach, the second is a little larger 1600 turkeys at a battery farm in Suffolk run by Bernard Matthews, hardly a 'bootiful' situation. All free range birds in the UK will be ordered to be kept undercover and various restrictions will be put in place. I can see this resulting in widespread panic despite the fact that you pretty much have to french kiss a turkey to contract the virus. Still quite a major development though. MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"