though another article with the same info was framed UN plays down...
People are panicking in some parts of Europe from what I have read and are stripping the shelves of antivirals and clamoring for regular flu vaccines. Heck, from an article :
To calm the public, the Turkish and French prime ministers made a point of eating chicken.
But the threat has caused consternation in Europe even though people do not live in close contact with poultry at their homes, as in Asia, where dozens have died from the virus.
From another article
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/10/14/worldupdates/2005-10-14T184334Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-219486-1&sec=WorldupdatesBulgaria, bordering Turkey, which has confirmed cases of H5N1, and Romania, which is investigating possible cases, awoke to alarming headlines. "Panic! Dead Birds At Home, Too!" runs a huge headline in red letters in the daily 24 Chasa.
While Bulgaria has seen no cases of bird flu, over-anxious citizens, it says, have been picking up dead birds found in fields and streets and offering them for testing. Another daily spoke of "bird flu hysteria besieging Bulgaria".
There is big economic loss when a case of this bird flu is confirmed in fowl in each country it has showed up in. Plus today they have found a strain after all resistant to Tamiflu
I think you will see both the WHO and the UN trying to walk a fine line of education and avoiding panic.
Well perhaps I mispoke looking for a link I just saw this.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2005-10-14T134508Z_01_ROB426175_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-BIRDFLU-HEALTH-WHO-DC.XMLGENEVA (Reuters) - The spread of the deadly bird flu virus to poultry in areas on the fringes of Europe has increased the chances of human cases and should serve as a "call to arms," the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
It is just going to be a wait and see I think and being aware, prepared, and educated are what is needed plus the country needs a plan.