Remember when I wrote a source had just verified where Saddam Hussein’s biological weapons and weapons of mass destruction materiel went (to Iran)? The article entitled “Who Has Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction?” was published (by yours truly) here at TMQ2 on June 2, 2008.
We broke that story but no one else in the media picked up on it because we’re a small blog (in part we’re small because well-funded Muslim groups have gone after all those who dare to publish what we write, hence, keeping us moving around and not well-known, which is fine by us, it just means we all get to live longer).
Anyway, here’s the next step in this rapidly growing story. For most people, the next step is where the story will begin. The story being:
Today the story was released that Avian Flu was found in North America.
And today the story was released that Avian Flu was found in England.
Coincidence?
You tell me.
Read the next two stories. I’ll report more in due time. But for now, let it just be said that some strains of Avian Flu kill over 90 percent of the birds infected (this is true of many species of birds). And let it also be said that although at the moment this form of influenza (flu) virus doesn’t jump easily to humans, it is known that if and when it mutates and can infect humans (or other mammals), then we could be in for a major die-off.
Avian Flu Found In Tyson Chickens
Tyson Slaughters 15,000 Hens After Outbreak
ORLANDO, Fla. — A major food producer is taking drastic measures after avian flu was discovered in its chickens.
Officials with Tyson Foods said some of their hens tested positive for the disease in Arkansas.
Authorities said the strain of the virus is not harmful to humans, but Tyson decided to slaughter and bury 15,000 hens after they showed signs of exposure.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control said a 2004 outbreak of the same virus at a Canadian poultry plant did make two people sick.
A representative for Tyson Foods said the company is also stepping up its surveillance of avian flu in the area as a precaution.
Authorities have not ordered any recalls of Tyson products.
Bird flu outbreak ‘highly pathogenic’
LONDON — An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is “highly pathogenic”, officials said Wednesday.
All the chickens on the farm have been slaughtered following detection of the virus, which does not pose a high risk to humans, at the farm in Banbury, Oxfordshire late Tuesday.
“The Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed that the strain of H7 avian influenza present in laying hens at the farm in Banbury is highly pathogenic,” the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said in statement.
Highly pathogenic means that the virus has a relatively high ability to produce disease.
Japan announced that it was suspending imports of poultry from Britain following the outbreak.
Officials near the affected farm have introduced measures meaning poultry within three kilometres (1.9 miles) of the farm must be isolated from wild birds and bird gatherings and movement of birds are banned within ten kilometres.
Britain’s Health Protection Agency said the H7 strain of avian flu is largely a disease of birds and does not easily transmit to humans.
And the Food Standards Agency said the case of bird flu “poses no safety implications for the human food chain”.
The H5N1 virus can cause human deaths and was most recently recently detected in Dorset, southern England in January.
