This article, “Fowl Play: The Poultry Industry’s Major Role in the Bird Flu Crisis” at http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=194 came out in Feb 2006 and gives well-documented evidence that the flu did NOT follow migration routes — it followed the transportation routes of the Chinese poultry industry. The epidemic did NOT start with wild waterfowl — they got it from commercial poultry wastes being used as fish feed on fish farms. Etc, etc., etc. Read the article for yourself — then answer this question: WHY, if this is an INDUSTRY problem, do we keep hearing that wild birds and backyard flocks are to blame?????
Well, actually, it wasn’t just any old “single article” — it was a 19-page well-footnoted scientific report by Grain, which is a biodiversity watchgroup (http://www.grain.org). And it has been cited in Asian and European publications: See for example http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Qinghai+Bird+flu+caused+by+fish+farms%3F&id=12635 Tibet) and http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-27-01.asp (Spain). But US TV networks are STILL focusing on the wild and backyard birds of small villages. WHY? I’m not a conspiracy theorist but, given the current US administration’s bad record on science lately (no global warming? Then why is it 100 degrees in Northern Minnesota now?), I find myself wondering if the poultry lobby is suppressing this info…
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