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Professor
Mike Davis "The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu" Democracy
Now Davis says, "2005 is the year in which avian flu, now has acquired a critical mass amongst birds that it won't be eradicated and it's unclear whether it can be contained. Most likely, avian flu will fly to every corner of the world. It will probably reach Alaska and Northern Canada, for instance, in the near future. Avian flu - the threat of pandemic avian flu - has become, like HIV AIDS, a fundamental test of human solidarity.". On Tuesday, European foreign ministers declared that the European Union was not prepared to deal with the global threat of avian flu. This follows statements made by U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt who said on Monday, that no country was prepared to combat a pandemic of avian flu. |
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The deadly disease has been making headlines recently and Monday's discovery
of the disease in a bird found on a Greek Island marked the first time
that the virus had migrated across the EU's borders. It was also the
third country in a week to identify its first case - the others are
Turkey and Romania. Avian flu has killed more than 60 people in Asia
since 2003.
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