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To: Henry Niman who wrote (22651)	3/14/2005 3:42:12 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) of 81011

Henry, it seems the Mayor of London is also awake to the problem. In fact, I should say all the problems. news24.com >>Britain's capital city is "more at risk" from bird flu than a terrorist atrocity on the scale of the September 11, 2001 attacks on Washington and New York, London mayor Ken Livingstone said on Sunday. "We're more at risk of dying from bird flu that we are of being blown up by a terrorist," he told BBC television. The outspoken mayor said he did not "believe there's a chance of another 9/11", adding that Al-Qaeda had been "devastated" by the global fight against terror.<< Likewise, others dehavilland.co.uk >>Professor Hugh Pennington, president of the Society for General Microbiology, said more than two million Britons could die if there was a contagious outbreak of the deadly avian flu in the UK. The scientist told the Independent on Sunday that a pandemic was both imminent and inevitable, adding: "If the virus moves into people there will be no stopping it. It will be here before we know it." Medical experts have predicted that around one in four people in Britain could be affected by a flu pandemic, with 50,000 being killed if contingency plans are not implemented. However, Professor Pennington believes this is overly optimistic and has compared the situation to complacency over BSE a decade ago.<<

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