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POPSOpps! We have bird flu, now we don't, now we do again! Opps! Now we have bird flu, now we don't now we have it, now we don't! Need a new version of "Ring Round the Rosie" for when bird flu jumps to people in a form that foster pandemic - since government officials seem more concerned with sales of poultry, than health of people or birds.
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POPSTB on March Again? TB, once though beaten, is making a comeback, due to our own lack of foresight, greed and just being plain dumb about how nature works as a system - and how we cannot pretend that we are apart from nature!
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POPSWinter May Bring More Bird Flu as Poultry Market Grows UN warns of more bird flu but misses the obvious causes when it is noted that virus "likes" the cold weather. During Lunar New Year or Tet, millions of people want chicken, duck, goose or pork for their holiday meals and festivals. That drives millions of farmers and big farm corporations to raise chickens, ducks, geese and pigs for growing global "meat" market and the Lunar New Year. That, annually, contributes to a new version of flu and more opportunities for transmitting bird flu. Billions of birds and piglets jammed together to be sold live for the holiday are the perfect breeding ground for the next pandemic. Improved methods at that point are the key to breaking the flu pandemic cycle.