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Avian Flu H5N1

This is another simulcast: duncan's diurnal diatribe and OxBowBusiness Blog.

Well, bad news: avian flu has finally arrived in the UK. Apparently, vets
are worried at how it appeared in a high security environment; the Bernard
Matthews turkey farm in Norfolk. Someone on the radio said this morning that
they had expected to find it in a tin pot little organic poultry farm
somewhere.

Let me predict now, before anyone else gets ranting in the newspapers, that
we are about to face a sickening set of reports and accusations that will
end up with Prime Minister Tony Blair being held personally responsible.
Vets will be accused of hiding the truth. Farmers wil be accused of
knowingly selling infected birds. Large farmers will be compensated
handomely and well before small farmers, if compensation is payable at all.

We had the avian flu scare last year and the best we could do was to find a
dead wild swan in Scotland. Now things really have taken a turn for the
worse and no one was ready.

Be ready now for the nonsense onslaught of typical UK newspaper based comment and opinion that means and signifies absolutely nothing.

End of rant!

DW

posted by Duncan Williamson @ 9:44 AM