Bob wrote:
> On 5 Nov 2005 00:03:27 -0800, "Ra?=C3=AF?g L???i?" <frogwalk-add@yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
> 
>
> Yes, good point.
>
> But, to address your first question, the bird flu is a special concern
> now because we know that a particularly virulent strain is out there
> now. We know it is highly virulent to humans, too. (And recent
> knowledge on flu pandemic viruses of the last century points to the
> bird viruses as likely sources.)
Yes, I am aware of this. .. However, in a sense this is all
incidental.

A person could go .. yadaa, yadaa, yadaa and say the same about cows,
horses or frogs.

.. we don't do so because the awareness of the 'plausibility of
such' isn't upon it.

Avian flu has been around for a very long time. .. It has crossed over
many times.
Aside from us NOW being sensitized to 'bird flu', specifically ..
.. What has changed?

Yes, I am playing the role of a contrairian .
But I also believe that the issue is serious and "boxed in" by issues
of perception.

So?
> When or whether the current bird flu becomes a real human problem is
> unknowable. But there is a broad consensus among those who understand
> the biology of the flu viruses that it is "likely" -- and serious
> enough to worry about in advance. (It is not just being presented as a
> problem by one "suspect" government.)
>
> But it would be a shame if the efforts to plan for this possible
> problem were not, in substantial part, done in a way that can be
> generalized.
>=20
>=20
> bob

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