Our local right-wing radio host said these ABSURD things about bird flu... [View All]

[CoffeeCat]

I live in Central Iowa and I was listening to Mac's World this afternoon. The topic was bird flu, and he was discussing the subject, as was his "liberal" co-host.

The conservative host had absolutely NO IDEA what he was talking about. He kept saying that there was a vaccine for bird flu. The liberal guy kept saying, "It's not a vaccine. It's an anti-viral."

So, then the conservative guy says, "Ok, ok...it's an anti venom. But what are we going to do when there's not enough of this anti-venom to go around? Should the United States start stockpiling this anti-venom and saying to hell with the rest of the world...or not? Call me up and tell me your opinion."

Holy. living. buckets.

Anti-venom?

My husband called the show and was ready to say, "How in the hell can we have a serious discussion about this critical topic, when you first call Tamiflu a vaccine, then you call it an "anti venom"...Do you think we're fighting cobras?" However, my husband waited on hold until he could no longer wait and he had to hang up.

This entire show was a farce. The conservative host asked TWICE, "Now is the Avian Flu the same thing as the bird flu?". The liberal guy kept saying, "Yes! Bird...Avian...get it?" The guy had no idea what the word 'avian' meant.

I was so ticked--because this is a very serious topic--and this guy had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.

It was disturbing.