What will Bush do when Bird Flu hits the US?

Edit to fix choice 3. OK, I had to edit a lot to figure out how to fix it - duh!

"Nobody could have anticipated the arrival of the bird flu."

:applause:

because he was on vacation as usual.

"Terrorist poultry have intercepted our borders. The British Government has learned that these birds recently sought significant quantities of their kin from KFC."

:eyes: :eyes:

that the chicken would cross the road.

Meanwhile, doesn't Rummy control the company that makes the antiviral drug? It's a win/win!

I think you'll see a pretty good idea of how our "leaders" would handle such a situation.

the amount of bird deaths and infections will be underreported and basically nothing effective or useful will happen if the Bush administration is controlling the response. I worry a lot about the poor -- not just the ones who work at the poultry plants or in the towns that depend on them, but the poor in general. The price of poultry will go way up, if it's available at all, which means that other forms of protein will also become more expensive. If that eventually drives up even the cost of beans to where the poorest can't afford them, then what?

And that's only problems related to extant strains of H5N1... with a human-to-human strain added to the mix, the potential for BushCo to screw up is exponentially higher.

Law

Insofar as I am aware, reptiles cannot contract the avian flu.

clearing some brush, practicing his guitar skills, and sharing a drink with Cheney.

... and give valor awards to all the chickens. :evilgrin:

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!!"