From: Adam Flinton 

Thees Peereboom wrote:
> Adam,
>
> It seems unstoppable, a few weeks ago some Belgian farms were hurt and
> since today the first German cases have appeared. I think by now about
> 30 million Dutch chickens have been killed, both ill and healthy, but
> the latter just because of prevention.
>

Ouch.

> The first companies have gone broke, too. This begins more and more to
> look like the Biblian plagues; we started with mad cows, then the pigs
> plague and now this and SARS.
>

Like I say Spanish flu seems to have been an avian-human hybrid. Esp nasty
coz it could be carried by both & infect both (thus accounting for it's
rapid geographical spread b4 people transporting aircraft were common).

A farming friend of my father has free range chickens & he's dead
scared in case some dutch ducks decide to fly to england.

BSE & then foot & mouth & now avian flu....

Even worse avian flu can infect pigs as well.

I'm just waiting for the rain of frogs to start.

Adam

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