A reasonable article about the Avian Flu

[tavalon]

Actually, it's a good article on where folks are making an incorrect cognitive leap with regards to the danger posed by the avian flu. I've not seen anyone put it together this well. It's been pretty frustrating to me to watch people here make the same cognitive error.

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar06/Soldz22.htm

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Just call me Ms. Pannika.

But I've said it before, I'm preparing not for the appearance of the Avian Flu, but for everyone's reaction to it.

[mcscajun]

2. Thank you. Excellent article you've linked there.

I've been involved in this discussion for the past several months here at DU.

If the pandemic hits, the WHO is talking about possible death figures of between 5 million and 150 million people. Concern shown by Bush is another matter; as usual, George "arrives late for the party and shits on the dining room table"; in this case, by using the Avian flu scare for one of his "be afraid, be very afraid...and only I can save you" speeches.

Someone else ... talked about Bush being the little boy who cried 'wolf'; and they're right. While he's been busy scaring those he can, those of us he can't scare have been growing more and more cynical about what comes out of his mouth, to the point that even if he managed one day to state an absolute truth that we already knew to be true, we'd have to check with our sources before we'd truly accept it. This is the ultimate danger of the man. (I use the term "man" loosely, and with apologies to male humans everywhere.)

BushCo never found a fear they wouldn't (or couldn't) exploit. It's like flies to shit.
The threat of avian flu turning into a pandemic is, unfortunately, quite real.