tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post113224477408172526..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Bird FluDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1134609709118406002005-12-14T18:21:00.000-07:002005-12-14T18:21:00.000-07:00Nothing is wrong with the animals. Birds have alwa...Nothing is wrong with the animals. Birds have always gotten the flu. Flu evolves by moving from pigs to duck to humans and back again. Also, the latest evidence on Mad Cow is that the cows were fed <I>human</I> bone meal - so we are being infected with a human disease through our beef.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, the economic costs of an avian flu pandemic have been estimated at $700 billion in Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com