Cheryl Surprising how stuffed up mailboxes can get - sorry.
Thank you for sharing this. Could you update us on reactions, acomplishments etc? Lucas --- Cheryl Honey <wec...@familynetwork.org> escribió: > Lucas: > > I appreciate your enthusiasm and your depth of understanding of the > potential impact the Avian Flu will have on society. I concur with > your call > to action and I am instigating preparedness and response efforts at > the > grass roots using OS to combat and raise awareness of the social and > economic impacts as well as educate public on steps to prepare and > how to > respond to an outbreak of the Avian Flu. > > Keep up your good works on behalf of humanity. > > Cheryl Honey, C.P.P. > Community Weaver > Family Support Network > 206.240.2241 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lucas Gonzalez" <lg...@yahoo.es> > To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:09 AM > Subject: Re: panflu - what next? - open space > > > > Funda (and all), > > > > I think I missed your message due to dates - sorry. > > > > The issue is *not* birds. Poultry and farmers are important, but > one > > does have to select priorities and we all do that. > > > > The issue IS preparation for a pandemic (="global epidemic", more > or > > less simultaneous and lasting all in all about 6-12 months, with > > possibly some other waves after that) IN HUMANS. If or when that > > happens, no-one will care about birds because we will be much more > > likely to get flu the usual way: through humans. And it would be a > new > > flu, more infectious and - sorry if this doesn't sound positive - > > deadly and disruptive. > > > > That's the worst case scenario. There's no need to prepare for the > > best. > > > > That preparation has to be local because one of the effects of a > > pandemic, or so it is feared, would be a reduction in travelling, > both > > global and local. For a number of weeks in each place, people > might be > > afraid, with reason, to go shopping. In each place, we'd probably > > receive the impact of the epidemic in other places: you want > tourists > > or food or car pieces from here? Sorry, we're in a mess! > > > > It's difficult to imagine and so I hope I'm wrong. Please share > your > > reasons for NOT fearing this! > > > > Harrison wrote a story about how to organise meals for 8 million > people > > (possibly thinking about New York City a number of years ago?). > The > > answer to "how do we organise that" was self-organisation. > > > > How do we facilitate self-organisation for such a thing as a > pandemic > > IN HUMANS that may or may not come, but which calls for > preparedness? > > > > Anyone of us can look for the preparedness plan (or lack of it) in > each > > country where we happen to live, at > > > http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Geographic.WorldRegionalServices > > > > And still, it's feared that what govs do won't matter all that much > in > > the end. Or even be part of the problem in a few places? > > > > Lucas > > > > --- Funda Oral <fundao...@ttnet.net.tr> escribió: > > > > > Lucas, i heard on TV the other day. This came to Turkey. Many > birds > > > have > > > been killed > > > for this reason at Balikesir ( this city is 4 hrs far from > istanbul) > > > > > > I personally don't have time to deal with this issue although i > don't > > > deny > > > its importance. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Funda > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Lucas Gonzalez" <lg...@yahoo.es> > > > To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:45 PM > > > Subject: panflu - what next? - open space > > > > > > > > > > http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Main.TourLevelI ... short, > > > clear. > > > > http://www.psandman.com/col/panflu3.htm ... long, you'll all > like > > > it. > > > > > > > > There may not be action within the oslist, but I do want to > share > > > with > > > > you the above links so whoever is interested may stir things up > > > > locally. > > > > > > > > Pass it on, too, if you're so inclined. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Lucas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! > > > > Nuevos servicios, más seguridad > > > > http://correo.yahoo.es > > > > > > > > * > > > > * > > > > ========================================================== > > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > * > > > * > > > ========================================================== > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! > > Nuevos servicios, más seguridad > > http://correo.yahoo.es > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! 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