Bird Flu Way Better than Britain's Much-Touted "Superbug"

The BBC reports that Britain'sNHS superbug death rate doubles. However, Reuters reports that "The World Health Organization's Asia chief, Shigeru Omi, said on Wednesday the world was in the "gravest possible danger" of a pandemic. A top U.S. disease expert said this week the killer virus was the world's number one health threat." But, says the article, the world is not investing enough to prevent its spread in Asia, and poor farmers pay little attention to admonitions not to sell their sick poultry and spread the disease even further. "Governments needed to work harder to inform farmers about the risks of bird flu and persuade them to make sensible decisions," says one expert on the problem. And boy oh boy, that's good news for Avian Influenza, Ltd., because, after all, it's easy to convince people to make sensible decisions for the good of the broader community. Especially when they can save all that trouble and just burn some witches instead.

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