Battling Bird Flu With Better Public Information

As bird flu spreads, restaurants serving chicken and ducks have lost all customers. At the 371 restaurants in Korea that serve chicken, consumption fell from 13,356 chickens on April 1 to just 3,339 by May 12. That's down to just a quarter of previous consumption levels. Restaurants are about to put up signs saying they do not use eggs in their food.

City residents are running away from pigeons. In Yongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, where bird flu was detected, a provincial sporting event was postponed amid worries over possible human infections. At this rate, fears of avian influenza may escalate to levels we are seeing now with the groundless rumors about mad cow disease.

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