Sunday, February 19, 2006

VOODOO PRIESTS OF AFRICA AT RISK OF BIRD FLU INFECTION

From Reuters :
"'We have identified the groups at risk, including fetishists and followers of the Voodoo cult who sometimes kill animals with their teeth...'"
Goats and sheep can also be used in voodoo rituals and ceremonies, but chickens are the most popular.

"Priests commonly kill birds by ripping their throats out with their teeth or using a knife to cut their heads off, both of which would bring them into contact with chicken blood, one of the ways bird flu is thought to be spread to humans."

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