I dont think it's Safe to eat...
by Satish on Feb 20, 2006 06:58 PM
I Dont Think it's safe to eat chicken..
if the evidence is true that, there's H5N1 (Bird Flu) in Nandarbar Dist. It means that it would take no time for the disease to spread across..
Of course It is not the time to eat and show that, there is no BirdFlu in India, that's an wrong philospophy...Essentially just clinging to Feel Good factor.
The right thing now would be to educate ppl about BirdFlu; Obviously BirdFlu seems to be a probable pandemic and not to be taken lightly.
In this scneario, it is the time to check the poultry farms, purge the infected ones, treat them with vaccines..
Also NIV (National Inst of Virology) and Animal husbandry depts should take good care to involve more and should come up with vaccines,medicines ..
In a country like India where Chicken is the prominent source for Non-Vegans, It has to be resolved ASAP.
All it needs is right education and propogation of information to masses and right care. We saw how world reacted to SARS a couple of years ago. But BirdFlu seems to be more dangerous..
So friends keep safe and try avoiding poultry for a while till the skies are clear..
