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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-19-06 12:04 AM
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$1.9bn pledged for bird flu fight
Edited on Thu Jan-19-06 12:32 AM by lovuian
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4622982.stm
Donor countries meeting in China have pledged $1.9bn (£1.1bn) to fight bird flu worldwide, much more than expected.

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Margaret Chan, the World Health Organization's (WHO) top pandemic expert, told the conference that the cost of acting now was "peanuts" compared to the potential losses in the event of a pandemic.

A World Bank official said nearly half the money would be spent in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos, countries where bird populations have been seriously hit by the virus.

more...

Yes this was the article I wanted to post thanks Elmer...:)
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Clara T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-19-06 12:22 AM
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1. There will be no bird flu pandemic
Fear as a way of social control. Not to mention the Tamiflu vaccine as a means for profits for Gilead Sciences and Roche pharmaceutical.


And an "opportunity" for the GMO chicken engineers who claim they can replace the chicken population with "safe" birds in "four to five years".

Don't let your children throw chicken heads around the house or play with steamy chicken dung and you'l be fine.

Manufactured crisis.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-19-06 12:31 AM
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4. No more steamy chicken dung?
:grr:
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-19-06 12:24 AM
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2. Yeah, yeah. So what else is new?
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-19-06 12:25 AM
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3. Again...not a new warning...
Look at the time stamp on the article...this is a week old...

If you meant to post an article on the 1.9 B pledge you are using the wrong link.

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