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Bird flu is certainly expensive in the light of lost loved ones, fear of pandemics and livelyhood for many poultry farmers around the world. But bird flu is going to cost us all financially too. Here are some headlines:

Bird-Flu Pandemic Could Cost $2 Trillion
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Prague,Czech Republic
September 18, 2006 — A severe bird-flu pandemic among humans could cost the … Health Organization official said the threat from the H5N1 avian-flu virus was …

Indonesia receives US$47 million to overcome bird flu
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
… receiving senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human … government of Indonesia`s top bird flu priorities such … sustained action to control the H5N1 virus at …

Bird Flu Fighters Await $670 Mln From Donors, World Bank Says
Bloomberg – USA
… for a global effort to fight bird flu. … to bolster disease surveillance and management of avian flu. Human fatalities from the H5N1 avian influenza strain have …

US offers more bird flu funding
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
… Aburizal Bakrie,, USAID Avian Influenza director Dennis Caroll said that the US was pleased with the Indonesian government’s redefined bird flu priorities. …

… and so it goes on!