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Dec 8, 2005 | 10:15 am

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Originally Posted by Mats

Let me put it this way:
Deaths today in the USA from smoking-related illnesses: about 1,280
from bird flu and SARS combined: zero.

I'd rather that the CDC focus their attention on the real killers.

Then again, I have a degree in public health, so I'm used to trashing the CDC all the time.

I think the point is not the focus on H5N1, but rather that H5N1 or another as-yet unknown pathogen could mutuate to a form wherein it is easily transmissable from human to human. I'm perfectly willing to endure suspensions of rights or give way on privacy concerns when there is a real threat to public safety (health in this case).

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