if the US is so isolationist, why do we keep getting our nose broken for sticking it in other people's business?
and then there is the fact that in no way can we stop or contain something we cannot even adequately define, because there is a good chance it was designed to be undefinable, i mean, think about it- there was a logbook style title for the bird flu almost before it was "discovered" (H5N1). tell me that wasnt a little bit fast? while it may or may not be part of some huge nasty corporate black book conspiracy that you can never believe until it has been officially denied, it just doesnt look good for the large factory farms. the problem is, they will blame the little guys for raising tainted birds until they are regulated out of existence, and then the fact that factory farming is the biggest cause of the bird flu will just all of a sudden pop up in the mainstream, and the poultry industry will roll over and die, taking a big chunk of the present food supply with it. hoax or no, its still gonna get ugly. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The Hidden Agenda Behind the Bird Flu Hoax > Keith, > >> >>I'm not flat amazed any more to see Americans explaining things away >>in terms of political polarisations and somehow mislaying the problem >>in the doing. >> >>One thing you're mislaying David is quite a lot of serious stuff >>that's been posted here about the why's and wherefore's of the bird >>flu epidemic. > > I think the lack of reaction or the poor reaction lies in our (the USA) > lack of education (all of those kids left behind!) and our isolationist > views. Firstly, the SARS ordeal made people think that either 1) > quarantine works just fine or 2) things like pandemics are not really that > bad. Both of which are of course not true. I hear things like, "Its > China's problem, not ours." And then there's this notion that we are the > US, we can handle anything. Most people in the US don't realize that > regular influenza kills around 36,000 people a year > (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm). Plus, even if H5N1 was the same > severity as regular flu we would not have the facilities to handle the > sheer volume; no one would. I'm quite sure the government doesn't want to > admit that and so the situation mishandled from the top down. > > I was just at a multi-agency volunteer training for my county. The > department of homeland security health advocate got up and told us quite > plainly, "if there is a public health crisis don't worry. You and your > families will be taken care of first." You know, most of the people were > actually calmed by that vague and generic assurance. So, the > misinformation is coming from on high probably to hide the truth about our > inability to handle any sort of health crisis. And, since most of our > citizens don't even know what a pandemic is or that quarantining airplanes > will not stop a true pandemic, the news is littered with false truths and > flat out lies (or are those the same thing?) which comprises the breeding > grounds of the pundits and politicians > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/337 - Release Date: 5/11/2006 > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
