Bird flu in India

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I received this email, which I think puts the whole Bird Flu "epidemic" in perspective for me.

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FROM

Dr. Pushkar Kulkarni
Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry (Bombay Veterinary
College)
M.Sc. (Toxicology),
Contact: India (Res.): 91-251-2489216
E.mail: kk_pushkar@yahoo.com, kk_pushkar@rediffmail.com

Hi everyone,

First of all, I would like to tell every one that bird flu is nothing
but money generating gimmick of certain companies/politicians. So far
only 55 people have died of so-called bird flu (7,000 died by lighting
last year alone) so are we having a lighting epidemic, rubbish? These death were due to Respiratory sym, but not confirmed for H5N1. How many people
handling birds have died because of diarrhea? Must be more than 55 in
the last few years then we can say we are in a Salmonella epidemic???

Next, who stand to gain by all this? Roche by selling --Tamiflu. Who has
the patent for Tamiflu : lesser known company Gilead. Who is the major
shareholder of this company??? Can any one guess??? Donald H. Rumsfeld
was chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, where he remained until
early 2001 when he became defense secretary in Bush's Cabinet. The
model suggests the parallel to the brazen corruption of Halliburton
Corporation who's former CEO is Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney's
company has so far gotten billions worth of US construction contracts in
Iraq and elsewhere.

Who else stands to benefit? Bush campaign funders, Bilderberger
spokesman Etienne F. Davignon and Reagan-Bush former secretary of state
George P. Shultz, both of who are also on the board of directors of
Gilead. Another member of the Bush circle is Lodewijk J.R. de Vink, who
sits on the board of Hoffman-La Roche, Gilead's partner.

! In other words, bird flu will generate outrageous profits for insiders
like Shultz, Rumsfled, Davignon and de Vink.

By the way what is Tamiflu (Generic name: oseltamivir phosphate)??? It's
a extract from star aniseed (our very own Garam masala - curry
powder) and each dose is $ 100 so even if 15% of the world have one dose
then the total sale will be just $100 billion.

Since last year media started this "Tamasha" by highlighting the news!
from other countries. Our Poultry Industry suffered losses due to those
rumors during that year and now millions of farmers will loose their
jobs & be bankrupt but only a few people will make money. I know it is
going to be late & millions are going to loose their livelihood in
India, Chicken is being sold at Rs 4/kg in some places. Think of the
state of the Farmer & unlike other countries he is not going to be
compensated (only farmers in Navapur, Nandurbar are being compensated).

So, it my sincere request to all of you that spread this information to
everyone, buy, cook and eat poultry products (chicken & egg) without
hesitation and try to save the livelihood of millions of poultry farmers
in India. Remember that anything cooked over 70degrees is safe.

Please forward this to all whom you know. Those who need more
information are welcome to mail me at: dr_pushkar_bvc@yahoo.com.

Regards,
Pushkar

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I have also done some related research --

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news...tune_rumsfeld/ HUMAN CASES OF BIRD FLU
21 March 2006
Country Cases Deaths
Azerbaijan 7 5
Cambodia 4 4
China 15 10
Indonesia 29 22
Iraq 2 2
Thailand 22 14
Turkey 12 4
Vietnam 93 42
Total 184 103
Source: World Health Organization (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4531500.stm)