bird flu has arrived

ferdi

apparently its here in ireland, no link yet.

xzanti

Wonderful... We're all f*cked

kaimera

Meh tbqh.

Until I see guys clucking or flying I'm not worried.

Can you say over_reaction...:)

connundrum

Fcukin birds, always makin life difficult :rolleyes:

Edit - heh heh, double entendre without even noticing it

redman

Curious, is it rumour/ where did you hear that from?

joejoem

xzanti wrote:

Wonderful... We're all f*cked

But apperantly if the chicken is cooked its ok right?

macguch

what do you mean apparently? Is your source reliable on this?

kc66

On early news this morning (either 2fm or fm104) there was a report of dead birds. They all have to die at some stage so no need to over react. Tests are being carried out

Cosine

I've not had much access to the news so I'm not to sure what exactly it means.


Its potentialy terminal if you eat an infected chicken etc. isn't it? Or do you just drop dead :eek:

LegacyUser

Oh really? How do you know? Is chicken ok cooked? I am kinda worried, I love chicken, and had some over the weekend, whats the risk factor?

ferdi

false alarm, please delete.:o

macguch

its too late, i've already swallowed all the sleeping pills

LegacyUser

macguch wrote:

its too late, i've already swallowed all the sleeping pills

lol

Funky Munky

macguch wrote:

its too late, i've already swallowed all the sleeping pills

:v:

Cosine

My heart!

Tar.Aldarion

macguch wrote:

its too late, i've already swallowed all the sleeping pills

Ha that is very nice. ^^


Hopefully it will come over soon, ya know?

Key Facts

* If birds catch it they have a very high chance of dying.
* Birds can spread it to other birds.
* Birds can spread it to humans who also have a very high chance of dying when they catch it.
* Humans in ireland are unlikely to catch it unless they happen to be living in very close contact to infected birds.
* Humans can't spread it to other humans. Its still pretty unlikely this will happen despite all the scaremongering
* We are not fúcked

Kojak

macguch wrote:

its too late, i've already swallowed all the sleeping pills

connundrum

macguch wrote:

its too late, i've already swallowed all the sleeping pills

Hopefully they just turn out to be extremely potent laxatives

Cosine

ronoc wrote:

Key Facts

* If birds catch it they have a very high chance of dying.
* Birds can spread it to other birds.
* Birds can spread it to humans who also have a very high chance of dying when they catch it.
* Humans in ireland are unlikely to catch it unless they happen to be living in very close contact to infected birds.
* Humans can't spread it to other humans. Its still pretty unlikely this will happen despite all the scaremongering
* We are not fúcked

Cheers but what about eating them? does cooking them get rid of it or are we royaly buggered

BoozyBabe

ronoc wrote:

Key Facts

* If birds catch it they have a very high chance of dying.
* Birds can spread it to other birds.
* Birds can spread it to humans who also have a very high chance of dying when they catch it.
* Humans in ireland are unlikely to catch it unless they happen to be living in very close contact to infected birds.
* Humans can't spread it to other humans. Its still pretty unlikely this will happen despite all the scaremongering
* We are not fúcked

& it CAN NOT be contracted from eating cooked Chicken so stop panicking.

you have to be in regular close contact with chickens, that is their saliva, droppings etc & then not wash your hands before putting them in your mouth or on your food.

The risk of humans catching bird flu is extremely rare.

If you look at the cases in Asia etc, they were practically living with the chickens in poor hygiene conditions.

Stop panicking people.
Enjoy you cooked chicken products, just be extra vigilant when cooking them

Cosine

Cosine wrote:

Cheers but what about eating them? does cooking them get rid of it or are we royaly buggered

Cooking destroys the virus too.

Cosine

Thanking the god

Free chicken for everyone*


*who can find me

SoupyNorman

Does this mean the world of chicken fockers must start wearing protection?

Cosine

No.

In fact it means they should lose all inhibitions and really go for it :rolleyes:

They might not survive though

connundrum

Top 10 tips do avoid death, or anything death related

10. "Before eating chicken, soak it in Lysol"

9. "Don't lick unfamiliar pigeons"

8. "Frighten birds by constantly meowing"

7. "Stay away from RTE hitman great Charlie Bird"

6. "Anti-bacterial smoothies"

5. "Move to a place where there are no birds, like the moon"

4. "Avoid birds that look like they're up to something"

3. "Go back to the old Y2K bunker, start drinking"

2. "Fill birdfeeder with Rohypnol"

1. "If you have a chicken, check for swelling in the McNuggets"

smashey

connundrum wrote:

Top 10 tips do avoid death,
7. "Stay away from RTE hitman great Charlie Bird""

Hitman and Charlie Bird in the same sentence. Are we back to riots in O'Connell street here. Off topic!!!!:D

Setun

What caused the rumour?

The last time a minor nationwide birdflu panic was caused by a presumptious farmer in Kilcoole who saw a dead bird on the beach.

madhitchhiker

Cosine wrote:

Its potentialy terminal if you eat an infected chicken etc. isn't it? Or do you just drop dead :eek:

There is no danger of people getting the disease from infected poultry provided it is properly cooked.:)

thehomeofDob

Phew! I was dreading not getting my dunnes hot chicken roll for lunch! :O

Serbian

The danger is not Bird Flu itself. Scientists are worried that someone will catch Avian Flu and the regular human strain of flu at the same time and they will mutate to form a much more lethal and infectious form of flu that can be passed on from human to human.

Up to November '05 there were 184 cases of infections in humans, resulting in 85 deaths (Source), so there is about a 50-50 chance of survival if you catch it.

testicle

This particular bird was found dead on a certain golf course. After much panicing, and cordoning off of areas etc. it was established that the bird died after being hit, mid air, by a golf ball.

Shabadu

xzanti wrote:

Wonderful... We're all f*cked

Sometimes, the only thing left to say is 'O RLY?'

drdre

donot worry we will be fine.

turbot

Reminds me of this (from a few years back):

One farmer was talking to another farmer, and asked "So do you think there is a risk of us humans catching mad cow disease" and the other farmer replied "Nah, shouldn't think so, not if you use a condom".

Heyes

turbot wrote:

Reminds me of this (from a few years back):

One farmer was talking to another farmer, and asked "So do you think there is a risk of us humans catching mad cow disease" and the other farmer replied "Nah, shouldn't think so, not if you use a condom".

:rolleyes:



heeheehee

scuba steve

testicle wrote:

This particular bird was found dead on a certain golf course. After much panicing, and cordoning off of areas etc. it was established that the bird died after being hit, mid air, by a golf ball.

ha ha, poor bird!

scuba steve

turbot wrote:

Reminds me of this (from a few years back):

One farmer was talking to another farmer, and asked "So do you think there is a risk of us humans catching mad cow disease" and the other farmer replied "Nah, shouldn't think so, not if you use a condom".

ha ha class!

StupidLikeAFox

connundrum wrote:

Top 10 tips do avoid death, or anything death related

10. "Before eating chicken, soak it in Lysol"

9. "Don't lick unfamiliar pigeons"

8. "Frighten birds by constantly meowing"

7. "Stay away from RTE hitman great Charlie Bird"

6. "Anti-bacterial smoothies"

5. "Move to a place where there are no birds, like the moon"

4. "Avoid birds that look like they're up to something"

3. "Go back to the old Y2K bunker, start drinking"

2. "Fill birdfeeder with Rohypnol"

1. "If you have a chicken, check for swelling in the McNuggets"

Also, avoid drinking out of the same glass as your budgie

100gSoma

Don't Panic! The worst it will do is effect the bird industry economically. ie: Organic chickens will need to be housed, thereby no longer legally salebale as "Organic".

If the chicken is cooked its fine. And yes, you need to be living in very unsanitary conditions with infected birds. I saw a photo in New Scientist of an asian man with his fighting cock. His prize cock was injured in a fight and the photo showed the man sucking a bleeding neck wound on the bird...seriously!!!

now THAT is how you get transfer from an infected bird to a human!!!!! :eek:

Diarmsquid

I'm not worried about this. IMO it's the media making a huge fuss over it.

Remember SARS was supposed to wipe out all of humanity?

BaZmO*

It has actually arrived alright.

Slutmonkey57b

Bird flu is right.

My bird has been telling me all week she's got a headache.


This is a crap joke. I don't care.

angelbaby

I heard on the news today that a cat got bird flu aswell sumwer which is wierd.

So wat if we'r all f*cked sure sumtins gona kill us eventuallly anyway!:D
wud you not be happier to die of a runny nose than liver failure or a heart attack or sumtin??!!!

Wertz

Aye seems a cat in N. Germany has died from the H5N1 strain.

I'm really gonna miss homemade mayo...pasteurised eggs suck.

bug

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE754B2F-87BA-4FB2-A740-7617691719FD.htm

yup its true. I damn well knew it.

pigs in 1918 now cats.

Diarmsquid

BaZmO* wrote:

It has actually arrived alright.

Here's more pictures from Bird Flu in France.

Terry

anyone have it yet?

sound_wave

Yeah, my cock has died! :P

The Cowboy

any risks from eating raw eggs, ala when i make a protein shake etc?

Terry

make a protein shake without eggs.
think about that one.