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BIRD FLU
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12 Oct 2005 Wed 11:28 pm |
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My friend has just read in newspaper the Bird Flu epidemic is in Turkey now.
Can someone enlighten us if it is only in a certain area and hasn't engulfed the whole country?
We believe it to be very dangerous.
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12 Oct 2005 Wed 11:32 pm |
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it is not dangerous..
it is nearly in 1 km..
u dont have to hesitate to come here..
not too big deal for us...
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13 Oct 2005 Thu 01:58 am |
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yes it is not a big deal fo turkish people.nothing can happen to us."Turke bisey olmaz"
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13 Oct 2005 Thu 05:32 am |
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Bird flu is important nowadays in Turkey so you must not buy varieties of chicken like an egg,chicken wing etc...
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13 Oct 2005 Thu 08:22 pm |
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Freshman,
Thankyou for your advice, as I will be in Turkey shortly.
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13 Oct 2005 Thu 08:22 pm |
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Freshman,
Thankyou for your advice, as I will be in Turkey shortly.
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13 Oct 2005 Thu 08:25 pm |
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ok..be careful and dont eat chicken varieties...have a nice holiday for you..
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17 Oct 2005 Mon 12:06 am |
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It has just been on the news in England, that the bird flu will come to england, mutate into a virus that can affect humans and possibly kill over 50,000 people.
Scary heh? How can you say its not dangerous? I think the turkish authorities do not tell the people the truth...
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17 Oct 2005 Mon 06:01 am |
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From what I have read and heard on this topic, the bird flu has been around since the early 90's and it has not mutates.. meaning that it cannot be passed on from human to human; therefore, currently this is not a danger. However, there is a lot of talk about vacsinations or the lack thereof.
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17 Oct 2005 Mon 06:36 am |
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There is a vaccine. It hasn't been made in large quantity yet because, as previously stated, there aren't any cases of human infection yet.* They're just trying to keep track of the whole thing so to be prepared if anything did happen.
*as far as I know at this time
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04 Feb 2007 Sun 11:25 pm |
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It has now reached Britain. The scientists are not sure where the contamination occurred.
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 12:39 am |
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Unfortunatly the problem with bird flu has got worse and many people have actually died of it  Lets just hope those scientist figure a good vaccination before the problem gets over heated.
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 09:20 am |
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 09:23 am |
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Quoting Nikki: My friend has just read in newspaper the Bird Flu epidemic is in Turkey now.
Can someone enlighten us if it is only in a certain area and hasn't engulfed the whole country?
We believe it to be very dangerous. |
its also in england 
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 09:24 am |
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Quoting susie k: It's all over the news and people are starting to panic. I was living in Turkey when it was first there so I've already been through the scare. My brother said " Did you know that we have Bird Flu?" I hardly looked up and replied "What will be will be" He looked so shocked at my reaction but I'm right.
All we can do is take the necessary precautions, it's not worth panicking, as long as we are aware and sensible. ( don't go sniffing chicken's bottoms!) |
 its normally best to avoid eating chicken too..personally i rarely eat meat because i'm not overkeen on it.
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 11:27 am |
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Bird flu has been identified on ONE farm, which belongs to Bernard Matthews, the biggest local employer, who produces obviously Turkeys but also Turkey related products. 160,000 birds have been slaughtered and incinerated. And as far as I am aware no one is panicking just yet. Exclusion zones have been set up around the site. One slightly worrying thing is how the virus got there in the first place, when all these birds are contained within huge building and never see the light of day.
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 11:50 am |
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Quoting robyn  : Quoting susie k: It's all over the news and people are starting to panic. I was living in Turkey when it was first there so I've already been through the scare. My brother said " Did you know that we have Bird Flu?" I hardly looked up and replied "What will be will be" He looked so shocked at my reaction but I'm right.
All we can do is take the necessary precautions, it's not worth panicking, as long as we are aware and sensible. ( don't go sniffing chicken's bottoms!) |
its normally best to avoid eating chicken too..personally i rarely eat meat because i'm not overkeen on it. |
Or even Turkey . Its very very hard to catch the flu - let alone catch a virus from cooked meat!!! 
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 11:51 am |
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Quoting libralady: Bird flu has been identified on ONE farm, which belongs to Bernard Matthews, the biggest local employer, who produces obviously Turkeys but also Turkey related products. 160,000 birds have been slaughtered and incinerated. And as far as I am aware no one is panicking just yet. Exclusion zones have been set up around the site. One slightly worrying thing is how the virus got there in the first place, when all these birds are contained within huge building and never see the light of day. |
Personally I hope there IS ignorance (it makes me laugh that people think they will catch a virus from cooked meat!!) and that people avoid Bernard Matthews Turkey from now on . While I feel sorry for the workers, the sight of that horrible factory farm full of overcrowded distressed birds was vile. I hope they close down due to lack of sales now.
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 12:25 pm |
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As this is on my local news, I will keep you all informed of developments.
They are saying that the farm can be back in full swing in a few days as it only take a few weeks to rear a Turkey for slaughter.
Personally I would not like to see the farms closed down, despite the ugliness of rearing animals in this way, as there is the lives of some 4000 workers and their families, not to mention the satellite businesses and their families, to think about,and where in Norfolk / Suffolk can accomodate that many people.
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05 Feb 2007 Mon 01:13 pm |
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07 Feb 2007 Wed 09:46 pm |
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Quoting libralady: As this is on my local news, I will keep you all informed of developments.
They are saying that the farm can be back in full swing in a few days as it only take a few weeks to rear a Turkey for slaughter.
Personally I would not like to see the farms closed down, despite the ugliness of rearing animals in this way, as there is the lives of some 4000 workers and their families, not to mention the satellite businesses and their families, to think about,and where in can accomodate that many people. |
libralady, I am just asking this question to you for knowing a rule in English. I mean I am not accusing you for anything.
In your post, you wrote the first letter of the name of a bird with capital letter (Turkey). Are the country Turkey and the bird turkey are written same in English or my writing for the bird (turkey) is correct?
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07 Feb 2007 Wed 10:08 pm |
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Quoting metehan2001: libralady, I am just asking this question to you for knowing a rule in English. I mean I am not accusing you for anything.
In your post, you wrote the first letter of the name of a bird with capital letter (Turkey). Are the country Turkey and the bird turkey are written same in English or my writing for the bird (turkey) is correct? |
I can answer that for you metehan - it was a (rare!) grammatical error from Libralady The bird turkey should never have a capital letter - you are correct 
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07 Feb 2007 Wed 11:17 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting metehan2001: libralady, I am just asking this question to you for knowing a rule in English. I mean I am not accusing you for anything.
In your post, you wrote the first letter of the name of a bird with capital letter (Turkey). Are the country Turkey and the bird turkey are written same in English or my writing for the bird (turkey) is correct? |
I can answer that for you metehan - it was a (rare!) grammatical error from Libralady The bird turkey should never have a capital letter - you are correct |
The bird "turkey" is spelt the same way as the country "Turkey" in English. Sorry, the capital letter was my mistake perhaps because I type too fast (and to cause confusion). Turkey is an Aemrican bird that was brought to England, so I don't know why it should be spelt the same as the country. Maybe someone can answer that.
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07 Feb 2007 Wed 11:55 pm |
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Quoting libralady: The bird "turkey" is spelt the same way as the country "Turkey" in English. Sorry, the capital letter was my mistake perhaps because I type too fast (and to cause confusion). Turkey is an Aemrican bird that was brought to England, so I don't know why it should be spelt the same as the country. Maybe someone can answer that. |
Please dont start this up again hehehe! Erdinc was forever complaining about the connection!
To cut a long story short, they were imported THROUGH Turkey to England and the salak English started calling them turkeys
STOP THIS CONVERSATION - WE HAVE HAD IT ABOUT 3 TIMES hehehehehe!
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08 Feb 2007 Thu 02:56 am |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting libralady: Bird flu has been identified on ONE farm, which belongs to Bernard Matthews, the biggest local employer, who produces obviously Turkeys but also Turkey related products. 160,000 birds have been slaughtered and incinerated. And as far as I am aware no one is panicking just yet. Exclusion zones have been set up around the site. One slightly worrying thing is how the virus got there in the first place, when all these birds are contained within huge building and never see the light of day. |
Personally I hope there IS ignorance (it makes me laugh that people think they will catch a virus from cooked meat!!) and that people avoid Bernard Matthews Turkey from now on . While I feel sorry for the workers, the sight of that horrible factory farm full of overcrowded distressed birds was vile. I hope they close down due to lack of sales now.
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Ok...I just read a report from CNN,(agreed, not the MOST reliable source), but there is real concern about the spread of this virus to humans and its potential to become pandemic. Not to alarm people as there is more potential for bodily harm in driving a car...but I don't think it should be laughed at either. They once called AIDS the 'gay' disease and also said the earth was flat. I would say to stay abreast of this virus but to use common sense...DON'T EAT RAW CHICKEN! hehehehehe!!!!
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08 Feb 2007 Thu 03:42 am |
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Quoting Capoeira: I would say to stay abreast of this virus but to use common sense...DON'T EAT RAW CHICKEN! hehehehehe!!!! |
Ok, I've heard of sushi but raw chicken? 
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08 Feb 2007 Thu 01:46 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting robyn : Quoting susie k: It's all over the news and people are starting to panic. I was living in Turkey when it was first there so I've already been through the scare. My brother said " Did you know that we have Bird Flu?" I hardly looked up and replied "What will be will be" He looked so shocked at my reaction but I'm right.
All we can do is take the necessary precautions, it's not worth panicking, as long as we are aware and sensible. ( don't go sniffing chicken's bottoms!) |
its normally best to avoid eating chicken too..personally i rarely eat meat because i'm not overkeen on it. |
Or even Turkey . Its very very hard to catch the flu - let alone catch a virus from cooked meat!!! |
turkey,chicken whatever its poultry and i'm really not fussed about catching bird flu.and i;m fully aware that if you cook any meat THOROUGHLY that of course you cannot catch a virus from it, but a lot of people do not cook their meat properly and thus this can be a breeding ground for bacteria..
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 08:01 am |
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21196831-663,00.html#
Turkey confirms return of H5N1 bird flu
From correspondents in Ankara
February 09, 2007 04:00am
TURKEY'S agriculture ministry confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in the southeast of the country, just over a year after the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease killed four children in the region.
The ministry said bird flu had been found in a village in the Batman province. The ministry said it believed wild birds had spread the disease, which had so far killed 170 chickens in Bogazkoy.
"Strict quarantine measures have been taken in an area of 10km around the village where the disease was identified," the ministry said, adding that culling of birds has started.
Veterinary experts were making tests to determine whether the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain.
CNN Turk quoted the local governor as saying there was no evidence of the disease spreading to the human population.
Turkey culled more than 1.3 million birds last year in an effort to contain the deadly H5N1 virus.
Scientists fear the H5N1 virus could mutate to a form easily transmitted from human to human. Because people would lack immunity, it could then sweep the world, killing millions.
Victims usually contract bird flu through direct exposure to diseased or dead poultry.
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 11:09 am |
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Source of the Bird Flu in the UK has been determined. It has been contracted through imported poultry from Hungary, where the disease is prevalent!! So why the hell transport birds, across Europe, from a high risk country to one where there no bird flu 
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10 Feb 2007 Sat 09:43 am |
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could it be because they might save money?i'm not suggesting it's correct but everyones concerned with generating profits.
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