The mass panic continues abroad as cases of Avian Flu is reported in the following locations: Russia, Siberia, Moscow, China, Hong, Kong, Netherlands, Greece, Romania and Turkey.
Countries that are freaking by following "..a WHO recommendation, calling on governments to keep enough anti-viral drugs and regular human flu vaccines to inoculate at least 25 percent of their populations." United Kingdom, United States, Morocco, Taiwan, Israel, Jordan, New Zealand, Australia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia to name a few.
The Real Effect
All of this despite several facts:
Edited for appearance, spelling and labels on 4/13/2010.
Countries that are freaking by following "..a WHO recommendation, calling on governments to keep enough anti-viral drugs and regular human flu vaccines to inoculate at least 25 percent of their populations." United Kingdom, United States, Morocco, Taiwan, Israel, Jordan, New Zealand, Australia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia to name a few.
The Real Effect
All of this despite several facts:
- At present, there is no Avian flu vaccine for humans.
- Countries are spending BILLIONS on treatments which have no proven efficacy.
- Sixty people worldwide have died and only 120 have been infected.
- The 'outbreaks' have occurred primarily in areas with hardly, if any, sanitation.
Edited for appearance, spelling and labels on 4/13/2010.
4 comments:
Nice.
I guess you could call this a reality check, then?
Sounds good to me.
The extreme panic-mongering on the Avian Flu is at best an overreaction.
You just have to love posting bots...
Had a person ask for the bird flu vaccine just this am. AHHH NO was my answer just the regular flu vaccine. I had all I could do to contain myself.
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