Not a very nice topic but It could be very realistic. Just wanted to know If anyone had any ideas on which BIO companys and others could benefit from this if indeed we get the blessed germ in this Country.

Acambis and Biotrace perhaphs???????????????????????.

Whats Your thoughts?????????????????????????

cheers GF.

No Idear Alan, as my Share picking strategy does not cover these type of hype stories.

Undertakers should do well------ if they survive!

LOL Fred.

HCEG looks so far to be the best investment (for UK investors) ETQ interesting aswell, anymore thoughts????????.

Stans right these can be hype stories but lets not forget the early bird syndrome ETC, ETC. I remember when ETQ whent through the roof only a few year back.

cheers GF.

Ps any way theres nowt else to discuss on rotten days like today. Maybe we should have a board quiz?.

StarFrog is right, I am sure. The SARS fiasco suggests that. And remember the Millenium Bug that was going to cause planes to fall out of the sky? And look at all those millions dying again from smallpox!! And the anthrax attacks that were likely to paralyse the USA.

We're all doomed, I tell ye! All doomed!

On a serious note. I normally steer well clear of anything that the British Government has a hand in - especially Railtrack, PFIs and drugs. Look at Glaxo - forced by our government to give away millions of pounds worth of drugs to 'Third World' countries. If there is a Bird Flu pandemic and any British firm has a counter-measure I am sure they will not be allowed to make much of a profit from it. And if they have anything that the National Health Service requires they will either be forced to sell it cheaply, or the NHS will be forced to do without it. And that includes Bird Flu jabs.

We don't like making firms profits in the UK out of people's suffering. A good example is Camelot - they set up an incredible nationwide lottery system which worked almost faultlessly from Day One, and they have been criticised for making too much money from it - we do not like winners!!! I fully expect companies like Dignity to soon be criticised for making a profit from death. Honestly! Another example is Patientline - operating a good, novel system which one has the OPTION of using, and now being investigated for possibly making too much money. This is no longer a true Capitalist society. Get used to it.

edit. I hold HCEG.

gf,

Just taken a look at those two co's. ETQ...........OUCH!!! -Put it on my watchlist anyway.

HCEG looks good though. -Tempted there.

Tristel (recent float) went up 3p to 53p today.
They specialize in infection control in hospitals.
Worth a look ??

http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/pandemic/pandemic.htm

cheers GF.

ADVFN has very good info in HCEG worth a visit. Thanks to Intek

Stringy, When I mentioned ETQ as a possible beneficiary it did come with a warning; the current mgt. do not have a great track record for capitalising on good ideas. Although I remain a shareholder I do so only because the co. is underpinned to an extent by the Thchenquiz family trust (Triandra) and in the hope that they would do something with the co. rather than let it go bust if only to protect their investment. It's a real long odds one, but then at its current sp it isn't even option money if you buy into it not being allowed to go bust by its current backers.

Thanks sharesure.

Worth me keeping an eye on anyway so I will keep ETQ on my watchlist.

Hope your luck turns with that one.

One Turkey In Greece, and now one parrot In quarantine In this country!

....Get your money on one of the tabloids, they must be making a bomb -)

I remember when people thought that MAD COW disease wouldnt get a hold here a few years back. The rest is history.

cheers GF.

Yep it is ,i married one..

Actually ,i didn't,,, i found out she'd been eating too much meat before i got to the church,,another one of my lucky escapes ..

....A budgie In Barnsley has just fell off his perch -)

I would do a short on the NHS....

Radio 4 right now! on Bird Flu.

Well Stan , its a lot more serious than you thought isnt it?.

cheers GF.

No It Is not GF.

It's been hyped up by the media and nothing more.

I thought It was a very well balanced programme and If you did miss It and are Interested In the subject you can listen again for the next 7 days on the net by going onto the BBC Radio website and get a link from there.

Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus (Suffolk)

"The European Commission says tests have confirmed that the avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm is the H5N1 virus."

Baked spuds for next Christmas dinner then.