Avian Flu in the news

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The French sheep farmers are probably feeding their animals Motor oil again....

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Beats "Monkey- Pox" any day !

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Ummm... stock up on tuna and powdered milk?

U.S. Govt. Bird Flu Advice: Stockpile Tuna, Milk

(CBS 5) We may not know which of the deadly strains of the bird flu will eventually hit the U.S.

But Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt is offering a rather specific warning about how to prepare for the disease. He urges Americans to buy extra cans of tuna and powdered milk and stash them under the bed to get ready.

It's not the first thing you might think of to protect yourself against a potential pandemic.

"Let me acknowledge that no one in the world is prepared for a pandemic," Leavitt said this weekend at a conference in Wyoming. "When you go to the store and buy three cans of tuna fish, buy a fourth and put it under the bed. When you go to the store to buy some milk, pick up a box of powdered milk. Put it under the bed. When you do that for a period of four to six months, you are going to have a couple of weeks of food, and that's what we're talking about."

Leavitt, on a nationwide tour to raise awareness on the Avian flu, is raising some eyebrows.

Some people that CBS 5 talked to said it reminded them of former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge saying duct tape and plastic wrap were supposed to protect us from Anthrax.

Now, tuna and powdered milk are being offered as solutions for the Avian flu.

It's a good reminder we should always be prepared for an emergency, says Art Reingold of the U.C. Berkeley School of Public Health.

You guys have got it all wrong, the canned tuna and powered milk is to feed all the cats that you will have to have to keep away all those birds carrying the Avian flu. That way you can stock up on all the good stuff. I live in Toronto, SARS central, nobody wore masks, everyone did their daily stuff. I'll wait to see how it's actually transmitted first (airborne, direct contact, etc) and take the appropriate steps. I keep a supply of food in the apt, candles, battery pack, radio, lcd mini tv, water, pop etc. incase something happens.

Cheers,
James