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I agree. Mankind is and always has been a hair away from some sort of natural disaster but today's media is big business and fear has always been a good attention getter. I don't doubt there's always a possibility of this disease mutating into something more dangerous, but it hasn't done-so yet.
Right now, I'm more worried about the birds. West Nile Virus has made us declare war on the mosquito population. I'm wondering what happens to the birds, fish, and amphibians that depend on mosquitoes and mosquito larvae as their food supply once we practically eradicate mosquitoes. Now they are talking about ( and actually starting to ) "culling" bird flocks. Culling is a kinder, gentler word for slaughtering. If this new virus ever does mutate, I shudder to think what will happen to the world's bird population.
I don't know what the answer is, (developing an effective human ( and even bird) vaccine is my guess) but the thought of exterminating huge numbers of animals as a means of human disease control is a little scary.
that this is just the media blowing something else out of proportion. |
I agree. Mankind is and always has been a hair away from some sort of natural disaster but today's media is big business and fear has always been a good attention getter. I don't doubt there's always a possibility of this disease mutating into something more dangerous, but it hasn't done-so yet.
Right now, I'm more worried about the birds. West Nile Virus has made us declare war on the mosquito population. I'm wondering what happens to the birds, fish, and amphibians that depend on mosquitoes and mosquito larvae as their food supply once we practically eradicate mosquitoes. Now they are talking about ( and actually starting to ) "culling" bird flocks. Culling is a kinder, gentler word for slaughtering. If this new virus ever does mutate, I shudder to think what will happen to the world's bird population.
I don't know what the answer is, (developing an effective human ( and even bird) vaccine is my guess) but the thought of exterminating huge numbers of animals as a means of human disease control is a little scary.