Bird flu – errors, distortions or lies?

The Los Angeles Times has a commentary this morning that states “Sure, it kills birds - but it won't kill you”. Author Wendy Orent, writes a factless article citing as justification, Peter Palese lab director at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Mr. Palese and his cohorts developed a technique called reverse genetic engineering to re-created the 1918 flu genes. The problem is there is no “beef” in her article to substantiate it's title. If one were to believe Ms. Orent, there is nothing to fear - the bird flu is wild hysteria.

Then why is all of Europe so worried??