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Suspect case of Bird Flu in Scotland (merged)

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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13517468,00.html

Hmmmmm it seems like it may have finally reached us
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,479
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    I think it was always when not if.
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    bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    faz1989 wrote:
    http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13517468,00.html

    Hmmmmm it seems like it may have finally reached us

    The link isn't working !
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    MisanthropeMisanthrope Posts: 5,531
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    Links fine.... and that chicken does look evil.
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    elenaelena Posts: 14,359
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    I'm sure you'll all survive. It hit Germany earlier and its not made the blindest bit of difference over here.
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    MisanthropeMisanthrope Posts: 5,531
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    Though we should probably re-erect Hadrian's Wall... Just to be on the safe side.
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    SigurdSigurd Posts: 26,610
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    There was some panic about bird flu in Scotland a few weeks ago when 100 chickens died on a smallholding in Orkney. Story here...

    However, bird flu was later discounted as a cause of the deaths. See here...

    The current story may well be just another false alarm.
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    lalalala Posts: 21,175
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4881526.stm

    :(
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    Drinking_GeckoDrinking_Gecko Posts: 2,590
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    We're all gonna die! :eek: :D
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    lalalala Posts: 21,175
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    Drinking_Gecko wrote:
    We're all gonna die!
    Yes, we are.

    Well at least this is a reason to not do the coursework.

    "Hi examiner, sorry I couldn't do the work... I'm kind of dying from bird-flu here. So can you cut me some slack?"

    Yes perfect excuse!
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    CitySlickerCitySlicker Posts: 10,414
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    Drinking_Gecko wrote:
    We're all gonna die! :eek: :D

    That's one of the few certainties in this world, yes at some point all of us will die! :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 17,021
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    Drinking_Gecko wrote:
    We're all gonna die! :eek: :D
    Damn your nimble fingers, that was what I was going to say :D

    Cue 'end of the world is nigh' headlines on the front of the Daily Mail.
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    elenaelena Posts: 14,359
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    Hey, hey, we had it in a CAT here in Germany. That's when you get worried :D:D
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    ember1ember1 Posts: 3,707
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    Och aye!

    We're doomed!
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    yorkiegalyorkiegal Posts: 18,929
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    quick! let's rebuild Hadrians wall! :eek: :(:D
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    MacattacKMacattacK Posts: 7,652
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    Sigurd wrote:
    There was some panic about bird flu in Scotland a few weeks ago when 100 chickens died on a smallholding in Orkney. Story here...

    However, bird flu was later discounted as a cause of the deaths. See here...

    The current story may well be just another false alarm.
    But H5 bird flu has been confirmed according to the BBC but not knowing if it's the N1 variant until tomorrow.
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    toastietoastie Posts: 2,508
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    CitySlicker wrote:
    That's one of the few certainties in this world, yes at some point all of us will die! :D

    That and taxes :D
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    SigurdSigurd Posts: 26,610
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    MacattacK wrote:
    But H5 bird flu has been confirmed according to the BBC but not knowing if it's the N1 variant until tomorrow.
    Ah well, we'll just have to avoid tampering with dead swans, I suppose. Another of life's simple pleasures gone... :D
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    thmsthms Posts: 61,028
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    sorry duplicate message
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    lordoftheflieslordoftheflies Posts: 7,879
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    I feel this story has been blown out of all proportion
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    Ant LAnt L Posts: 2,653
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    lordoftheflies wrote:
    I feel this story has been blown out of all proportion
    Me too. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.

    Apparently COBRA are meeting tomorrow.
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    mw1mw1 Posts: 3,453
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    if it is confirmed i'd expect cases could be reported all over the UK over coming days
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    SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    toastie wrote:
    That and taxes :D

    And Party Political Broadcasts.

    Even after an all-out nuclear war, TB would still be canvassing for the next General Election.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,121
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    Sigurd wrote:
    Ah well, we'll just have to avoid tampering with dead swans, I suppose. Another of life's simple pleasures gone... :D
    lol :D:D:D
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    SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    Keyser Soze wrote:
    Cue 'end of the world is nigh' headlines on the front of the Daily Mail.
    wonder how they are going to spin this to show that "Tony Blair and his cronies" were directly responsable.
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    SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    mw1 wrote:
    if it is confirmed i'd expect cases could be reported all over the UK over coming days
    Other european cases have reported several isolated and independant cases, but nothing widespread.
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