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Deadly Version of Bird Flu Found in Romania
CMan0 writes "The BBC reports that a deadly version of the bird flu has been found in Romania. Several ducks and chickens have died on a farm in Romania this month of the disease, it has been confirmed. It's mentioned that the disease is spreading very rapidly, as the last known location of the disease was Siberia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan in August and the 1st of October in Turkey." From the article: "People appear dazed by what is happening, but since it was confirmed that this is the strain of the bird flu virus found in Asia, they have begun co-operating closely with officials sent to collect their birds, our correspondent says. Turkey has already reported the discovery of the lethal strain of the virus among birds in the west of the country. The EU has banned imports of live birds and poultry products from Romania and Turkey. EU veterinary experts said on Friday that the bird flu outbreak did not represent a risk to the general public 'at present'."
It is news worthy no doubt. However this is AP high visility news. Every single newspaper, even your high school daily will have or already had an article on that. There is no need for slashdot to discuss it unless there is something new or interesting that is not widely discussed about avian flu. A slashdot user should try to find scientific papers or articles on the issue, post a well substantiated comment on that and give us links to those articles/paper. I read BBC every day by my self, don't need anyone to point me to that.