Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Latest Bird Flu Raises Alarm

Full story here

Scientists have discovered a new variant of the deadly avian influenza virus that is resistant to vaccines and is spreading, raising potential concerns for Delaware's poultry industry.

The new strain, known as H5N1 Fujian-like, is spreading among poultry and humans in Southeast Asian countries including China and Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand. In a study expected to published today, researchers said the strain may have developed resistance to vaccines following extensive poultry vaccination programs to fight the disease in the region.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

North Korea prepping for 2nd Nuclear test

Here it comes...

Satellite images indicate North Korea appears to be getting ready for a second nuclear test, officials said Tuesday, as the defiant communist regime held huge rallies and proclaimed that U.N. sanctions amount to a declaration of war.


http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2580235

As Mack, from Predator 2, so eloquently stated, "We're all gonna die."

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

North Korea is going to nuke us

From CNN.com:

North Korea, citing American belligerence and pressure, said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test.



Strange.. The one country who announces they will be firing nuclear weapons very soon and really doesn't like us is on the complete opposite side of the world from the one we have occupied with our military.

Remember what to do kids, now tell me right out loud. What do you do when you see the flash?

Duck... and cover!

Monday, October 02, 2006

U.S. is not protected from Anthrax for the next year

Wired News reported today that the biotech company who was awarded the near $1 billion contract by the U.S. Health Department was "plagued with misfortune and delays" (oh the puns...) and will not be developing an effective defense against a bio-terrorist attack on U.S. soil until at least 2008. Which means, I surmise, that we will all die from anthrax poisoning sometime in 2007.

Read the full article here.