Bird Flu Epidemic

[OldJeff]

Originally Posted by JR

PD.. where did I ever make fun of legitimate concerns? What issues am I dismissing? Where has there been a discussion of this issue and the legitimate concerns that would need to be addressed?

I was mostly addressing the original post which typifies the rationality and tone any news item with the word "bush" in it.

The threat is real. Its a real problem unlike any we have faced in history. How do we deal with it? Bush asked Congress to think about the issue and you are pointing out the legal issues that have to be thought about. Bush can't give the government more power.

There are 116 cases IN THE WORLD, half of which were fatal (and I would bet a lot that the fatalities are elderly)

The little word IF is used by Bush himself

IF the virus mutates, IF it becomes easy to pass on to humans.

Giving him the use of the military as police AT THIS TIME is unnecessary.

IF there is an outbreak of something major, then we are talking about a totally different scenario.

Right now we got some dead birds in Asia. And there have been a hell of a lot more deaths from AIDS, maybe we should round up all the AIDS paitents somewhere, what do you think ?