We have enough to worry about with the pandemic possibilities of the new flu virus, so we don't need this.
Evidence is emerging that traces swine flu to giant factory pig farms that are dirty, dangerous, and inhumane. Let's call on the United Nations World Health Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation to investigate and regulate these farms to protect global health. Big agrobusiness will try to obstruct any attempts at reform, so we need a massive outcry that health authorities can't ignore.
It arrived in an email this morning, my reply
I'm 100% in favour of your campaign to eradicate disgraceful conditions for pigs in factory farms, wherever they may be.
However, this is not acceptable.
1. You do not link to any evidence that this is so, not in the email, nor on the website, this is poor, not to say unethical, practise.
2. I receive regular updates from a pandemic watch group (these days several updates a day) whose organiser is desperately concerned that we will be unprepared for the pandemic when it hits and deeply critical of the WHO and its leadership over the years since pandemic flu has been on the radar.
He has no torch to carry for any diminution of valid alarm. But I received this from him the other day
Some say it was contaminated sewage runoff into the water... Okay, it happens but not very often. Sunlight kills viruses. Have to be a very robust bug to get past that. Then there is the virus itself H1N1 base, A+B, C and bird bug. Randomization of all things? Lotta people are scratching their heads, where did this come from? Better than that...Where is it going? Many people were unhappy with Auntie Margaret (SARS) Chan and her appointment as Director General two years ago. I had a lot of misgivings because she is a politician with a doctors degree. On the other hand, she is getting this one right.
If Randolph says there isn't a connection, there isn't a connection, his antennae are tuned to nanometer level.
There are enough people trying to ride on the back of this alert, peddling fake drugs and cheap "preparedness kits' and traffic to their websites, AVAAZ should not be one of them, it is bad for their brand.
Update: to add insult to injury I just got this back
Your message was not delivered for the following reason:
Recipient: <[email protected]>
Reason: 5.2.2 The email account that you tried to reach is over quota.
Double stuff-up
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