Avian flu for real

[mimpimanis]

I have received this email from a life long friend & very succesful business woman. She received it from a freind of many decades who until recentlyworked at the WHO. (not Dr Kulharni, the WHO friend has forwarded the Kulharni email)

However if this is true and it would not surprise me – it is truly scandalous!


Text of Dr. Kulkarni's letter:

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 (7000 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 70 degrees is safe.

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

http://us.f305.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compos ... @yahoo.com.

Regards,
Pushkar
Dr. Pushkar Kulkarni
Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry (Bombay Veterinary
College)
M.Sc. (Toxicology),
Contact: India (Res.): 91-251-2489216
E.mail:
http://us.f305.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compos ... @yahoo.com
kk_pushkar@yahoo.com,

[Ipanema]

I have heard this before. I believe the bird flu has been blown out of proportion. I know it is effecting the chicken sales in Australia as I work in a related industry and we have no reported cases.

[Roy]

Mimpi, did you note this guy’s credentials? He’s a veterinarian! He calls himself a doctor when all he holds is a bachelor degree in Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry and a Masters in Science, Toxicology.

Hell, I’d rather have “Coffee With Karem” than listen to this bone head! :P

[mimpimanis]

dont know if its true but I have often heard in Uk that a Vet may treat a human but a doctor may not treat an animal.

Whatever his credentials it wouldnt surprise me if his views are right.

[mimpimanis]

BTW we have had the first confirmed case in UK now.

[rien.gluvers]

Interesting reading on the public library of science: How the pharmaceuticals are playing the public. http://collections.plos.org/diseasemongering-2006.php

[Roy]

Rien, we've had this discussion before, and not so long ago. From my point of view, it is all in the archives, and that's it for me.

[rien.gluvers]

Hi Roy, your point of view is clear to me. But in the case of these publications this link is referring to it is not about avian flu alone and it are multiple publications of specialists from all over the world.
To be careful with your health is a good thing but being aware about the way we are manipulated can prevent us form taking the wrong decisions regarding our health. ADHD for instance was almost never heard of in Holland a few years ago. Now in my direct surroundings I know of at least 6 children which are taking medications for this.

[Roy]

Thanks Rien, you are making my case in your own post. It was quite clear to me, in late November, early December of last year that you were not of this current thinking or understanding.

At that time, what infuriated me the most was your complete lack of understanding that living in a Kampung, in Bali, is not at all like living in Rotterdam or Amsterdam. But, as I already said, there is little point in re-boiling this pot.