Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Avian Flu Update
Glenn Reynolds has this:
Hey kind of like a real reporter huh?
Shock you in to reading the news.
Is your child in danger of spontaneously combusting?
Find out tonight at six o'clock on the evening news with Joshua Lutz.
Not bad eh? I hate that crap.
Anyhow, back to the article, it really is an important read. It's filled with more preparatory information and some encouraging words that should keep you from jumping off the roof of the house head first.
The bird flu is bad; that's a true statement. But it isn't world ending bad any more than the tsunami or the hurricane or the earthquake were. Again, they were bad, claimed the lives of far too many people; but we are still here. As we always will be.
Just be prepared and you'll be fine.
Unfortunately, it's no longer just a matter of speculation. The World Health Organization has now confirmed its first case of human-to-human transmission. That's still a long way from a strain that's as virulent as ordinary flu, but it's another step closer to something that might spur a worldwide pandemic.Don't worry, it's not all hellfire and brimstone Armageddon gnashing of the unrighteous teeth reporting, but I thought that might get your attention.
Hey kind of like a real reporter huh?
Shock you in to reading the news.
Is your child in danger of spontaneously combusting?
Find out tonight at six o'clock on the evening news with Joshua Lutz.
Not bad eh? I hate that crap.
Anyhow, back to the article, it really is an important read. It's filled with more preparatory information and some encouraging words that should keep you from jumping off the roof of the house head first.
The bird flu is bad; that's a true statement. But it isn't world ending bad any more than the tsunami or the hurricane or the earthquake were. Again, they were bad, claimed the lives of far too many people; but we are still here. As we always will be.
Just be prepared and you'll be fine.
