http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/ ... This Wasn't What I Expected Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/#comment-9943 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:03:48 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/#comment-9943 Of course, there's also the question of what to do when you see one of the trucks coming towards you, empty on its way from the factory and you're driving the car, what do you do? Yes,yes, I KNOW it's completely safe, and I'm SURE the truck had been thoroughly disinfected, but that didn't stop me fiddling with the air conditioning buttons, alternately 'recirculating air inside the car' then drawing in fresh, but THROUGH THE POLLEN FILTER, then opening the windows because MAYBE THE VIRUS IS TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAR NOW! Look. It's a long time since I studied any virology or epidemiology and my brain isn't <em>always </em>rational. Of course, there’s also the question of what to do when you see one of the trucks coming towards you, empty on its way from the factory and you’re driving the car, what do you do? Yes,yes, I KNOW it’s completely safe, and I’m SURE the truck had been thoroughly disinfected, but that didn’t stop me fiddling with the air conditioning buttons, alternately ‘recirculating air inside the car’ then drawing in fresh, but THROUGH THE POLLEN FILTER, then opening the windows because MAYBE THE VIRUS IS TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAR NOW!
Look. It’s a long time since I studied any virology or epidemiology and my brain isn’t always rational.

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/#comment-9918 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:13:19 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/#comment-9918 How long before the twin problems of bird-flu and renewable energy sources are combined and the first poultry-fired power stations are constructed? How long before the twin problems of bird-flu and renewable energy sources are combined and the first poultry-fired power stations are constructed?

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/#comment-9910 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:27:11 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/05/%e2%80%9chighly-pathogenic%e2%80%9d-virus-%e2%80%9ccontained%e2%80%9d/#comment-9910 Har har - yes too true. It is rather worrying though that every time something goes wrong with any animals the British have, millions are immediately killed and burnt. Har har - yes too true. It is rather worrying though that every time something goes wrong with any animals the British have, millions are immediately killed and burnt.

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