You may have read the news article about bird flu being found this week in the Czech Republic (if not, here's a link to the news article: H5N1 bird flu confirmed at Czech turkey farm). What's notable is that the village involved, Tisová, is only 16 km (10 miles) from our home in Horní Jelení. Earlier cases (last year) had been found in wild swans and in other parts of the country. That having all been said, there very little danger of it spreading to people, and especially to people who aren't working directly with the birds. In short, it's interesting, but not particularly worrisome (except for the people in the immediate area around Tisová who are going to have to slaughter all their poultry, and of course the owners of the turkey farm who will lose all their stock).
Friday, June 22, 2007
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