Mild Version of Avian Flu Has Already Hit Conn.

[Lori Price CLG]

Mild Version Of Avian Flu Has Already Hit Conn. --Birds Were Slaughtered In 2003 After Virus Sickened Them

Mild versions of the avian virus have appeared off and on in the United States for years, including a strain that infected thousands of laying hens at the largest egg farm in Connecticut two years ago.

The 4.7 million birds at Kofkoff Egg Farm in Lebanon and Bozrah faced slaughter in 2003 when the virus sickened thousands of them. It was a less virulent type than the disease now in Asia and Europe and there was no mass die-off.

Instead, the state took the unprecedented step of vaccinating the flock under a $16 million pilot program paid for by the state and federal governments. It cost far less than the $30 million the farm would have paid for destroying the flock. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's standing order for dealing with avian influenza calls for "depopulation" of the infected flocks.

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Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html

[Deja Q]

1. Bring it on.

Sooner or later, we all die of something.

For me, let it be bird flu.

I'm having a BBQ at 8PM tonight. Sick or well, please come. :D

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. Pigeon BBQ at Hypno Toad's!

:rofl:

















:puke:

[yellowcanine]

2. Avian flue has been around for years - not the same as the deadly "bird

flu" that is killing people in Asia. This is not even news.

[mike_c]

6. this really needs to be emphasized....

Avian H5 influenzas are common and always have been. This report is likely the result of some reporter not knowing much about virology, epizootics, etc. You can't credibly cover the news if you can't understand what it means!

[kestrel91316]

12. Hi Mike c!

:hi:

Guess it's time to bang our heads again, huh?? LOL

[xultar]

3. AIDS vs the Bird Flu ...Bird Flu is Bushco Terra and AIDS is real.

[eShirl]

4. H5N1 is very real, sweetie.

It's just as real as it was before Bush decided to hitch his wagon to it.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Real bad for birds.

Meanwhile you cannot get a friggin human flu shot because of the bush bird flu terra and the supplies of tamiflu are all gone too.

The use of 'bird flu terra' by the administration is criminal.

[leesa]

8. So basiclly nothing has happened once again. Please be afraid at all times

it allows us to steal you $$$ and your democracy.

[greyl]

9. Excellent post! :) nt

[greyl]

10. I have a question for you, Lori Price.

Are you the same Lori Price that is responsible for the post in this screencap?




edit: added LINK and fixed grammar.

[beam me up scottie]

13. Nice catch.

Why would someone who feels that way still post on DU?

I'm no fan of Pitt, but this seems like some kind of personal vendetta.

[greyl]

16. Why would someone who feels that way still post on DU?

Uh, I don't know ... self-promotion maybe? ;)

[beam me up scottie]

18. It didn't work-I still prefer Weekly World News to Legitimate Government.

They're much more credible because they don't pretend to be anything other than a supermarket tabloid.

AL QAEDA PLANS TO DROP GAY BOMBS
EXTREMIST Muslim scientists are developing a bomb that turns anyone within a 30-mile radius of its blast into a homosexual, say U.S. Intelligence insiders.

http://weeklyworldnews.com/conspiracies/61525

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[greyl]

20. You're the one saying that you hate the DU, Lori.

And you call someone else a freeper?

Where have I seen that tactic used before...?
Oh right. Bev Harris.

[beam me up scottie]

22. Bev Harris is posting over there?

Well, if one of the requirements is a hatred of DU and its members, I'd say she'd feel right at home.

[greyl]

23. I didn't intend to imply that.

I don't know.:)

[beam me up scottie]

21. Threads on moi?

I'm flattered by the obsessive attention, really.

And here I thought it was supposed to be a site for progressive people who wanted to defeat the "Axis of Evil".

Am I included in the Axis, or is it just DU in general?

:rofl:

[greyl]

25. Uh-oh.

She's really got our number, huh? :)

[beam me up scottie]

27. I'm scared, Greyl...

What is she going to do to us? :scared:

You think she's a bunny boiler?

[salvorhardin]

29. Well I was such a threat over there

That not soon after I asked for my account to be deactivated at PI they had to remove every single one of my posts -- all 5 of them! And that included the 3 that were not snarking at the Parched Water Lily. They showed me!

[beam me up scottie]

32. I'm not surprised.

They weren't very nice to Az, either.

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[salvorhardin]

38. Ooo. I'm trembling.

I've been called everything here in the past few months from freeper to Rovian plant to being accused of working to further the illuminati agenda. You should see the little e-mail whispering campaigns that the Parched Water Lily and friends have carried out about me. Why, I'm positively evil. Somehow I find your accusation to be less than terrifying.

[beam me up scottie]

40. It's too bad.

I like a lot of the people I see posting there.

But a few of them have too much baggage and are using PI as a way to exact revenge on people here.

[salvorhardin]

41. Yeah, there's some good people posting there at PI

Even if certain people want to believe I'm a freeper or worse, I certainly wish Tinoire all the best in this endeavour. Starting this kind of independent project from scratch is hard -- and expensive. I heard they got hit with an outrageous bandwidth bill so I just gave them a couple of bucks. It's not much, but I hope it helps.

[beam me up scottie]

44. Yeah, I'm sure you know how difficult it is.

There's always going to be people who hate you on these forums.

What can you do?:shrug:

[salvorhardin]

51. Get revenge?

Just kidding!

There's nothing to be done but continue to be yourself and hope the ones with all the hate are able to let the hate go someday.

[mike_c]

17. d'oh! Buh-busted!

eom

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

28. She is RIGHT that he never stops promoting himself-

I have no stake in it either way but I will say that he is not any sort of hero to me that's for sure-...seen him on TV----I'll say no more

[greyl]

31. Pitt isn't the issue at all. Notice her headline about the DU admin. nt

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[lumpy]

50. Yes, the same Lori Price

General Manager of Citizens for Legit Government.

[kestrel91316]

11. Scaremongering has no place here. This has nothing to do with H5N1.

Avian flu is common enough. It's only the H5N1 strain that we need to be concerned about.

[beam me up scottie]

14. Some people don't know what else to do with their time.

I don't know who's worse, Faux News or the Daily Banshee.

[kestrel91316]

15. LOL

[Lori Price CLG]

26. WHAT scaremongering, kest.? The snippet was posted...

*VERBATIM* from the original, w.out comment.

But, since you have so much confidence in the Bush regime's handling of the pandemic, have fun w. the mandatory vaccines and the FEMA quarantine centers -- already pending or on the books.

Lori Price

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

24. hate to tell you guys--Los Angeles the birds are mostly gone-pidgeons sick

Left L.A. for the last year-returned 2 months ago-
Noticed in the Studio City/Sherman Oaks area the birds are just gone. I am serious. When I lived here before you could always look up at any given moment and see a bird or 2 or a flock...not any more,

And today I saw the sickest looking pidgeon walking around outside of The Coffee Bean on Ventura Blvd in Studio City-it looked like hell-like it was about to keel-I then realized there used to be a lot of pidgeons--the only one I saw today was the sick one.

And I walk my dogs in the Laurel Canyon/Coldwater Wilderness Trails--NO BIRDS AT ALL-I always walked my dogs there and it is downright creepy now that the birds are gone.

Seriously, I think the virus is here and has hit the wild birds--I would bet on it.
It's either that or the air is so bad now the birds just up and left.

At this very moment there exists a BIRDLESS SKY in my area.

Anyone else notice this?

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[greyl]

39. Dude.

"At this very moment there exists a BIRDLESS SKY in my area."

There usually aren't many birds in the sky in the middle of the night. lol

You're making a pretty extraordinary claim. My guess is that you are basing it on severely limited evidence. I'd also have to say, that if it's true, others would have certainly noticed.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

42. Dudette

Tell me you didn't actually think I meant that there weren't any birds out at night---
Doh!
others would have certainly noticed.
For others to state if they've noticed was the point of mentioning it !!
megaLOL

[beam me up scottie]

43. We lost a lot of birds here in the last two years.

Many of them were to the West Nile Virus.

I found dead ones in my back yard several times last summer, the health department wouldn't even pick them up anymore.

But I haven't seen a dramatic decrease in the number of birds that visit my feeders.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

47. West Nile virus eh?--- that's sad----are you living in the valley?

I did see a few birds in Hollywood and on the West Side--just not over on this side of the Hollywood Hills.

[beam me up scottie]

49. Oh, sorry.

No, I'm in the southern part of the country.

We notice differences in the types and numbers of birds based on the current weather and their migratory patterns.

Perhaps that might have something to do with why they are so scarce in your neck of the woods?

[greyl]

45. You said "at this very moment", bolded,

to try to give what you were saying more weight, without regard to the truth of the words.

"For others to state if they've noticed was the point of mentioning it"

Uh-huh. I think you'd be able to find people that have noticed outside of this thread, if it's true. Like a neighbor perhaps, or your local Parks and Wildlife office. Or maybe a newspaper even.

edit: clarity

[R Hickey]

46. Some parts of China have no birds.

My brother lived there and told me about it. Maybe they eat them all, maybe its the pollution, I don't know.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

48. is this our future in this country as well?? I hope this will be prevented

I love the sound of busy birds singing and love seeing them flying around.
I think they're so interesting and so cute.

But the main problem is the food chain--If we break it we all die--all of us Humans.
If China has birdless areas where humans live we have to wonder.

I'm pretty sure that this has never happened before except in waste dumps and nuclear fallout areas.

[beam me up scottie]

52. Here are the best sources for info on Avian Flu:

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2005/bird_flu/default.stm

The BBC has excellent information on the spread of the disease in migratory birds.

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