[Bird Flu Monitor] [EU Referendum] An international incident: Chiang adds that the Taiwanese farm exported 185 birds in September after being issued an official certificate attesting they were free from viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu strain. These actually arrived on the 27 September at the Essex quarantine facility, while the parrots had been there since 16 September, and the two which have caused the furore were not found dead until 19 October.
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Tim Worstall: But that didn't mean inviting these foreigners to stick around.Tisquantum (the full name of Squanto) came from the Wampanoagconfederation, which had long traded with the Europeans while forciblypreventing them from settling on Cape Cod. Their leader, Massasoit,welcomed the Pilgrims only because so many Wampanoag Indians had diedfrom European diseases that they were in danger of being conquered byother Indians. (via Cosmos)
[Birdflumonitor.com] Bird Flu Monitor: china admits bird-flu death: [Drmartinwilliams.com] Info and links re bird flu, especially the nasty H5N1 variant in Asia: - However, at a meeting on bird flu organised by FAO at the beginning of February, "Experts present at the talks agreed that such targeted vaccination would help prevent animals falling ill and reduce the amount of virus present in the environment, the so-called “viral load”. Minimising viral load will reduce the potential of avian influenza spreading to humans, if accompanied by strict control measures such as surveillance, elimination of infected birds, animal movement control and observation of basic hygiene in animal production.
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