Temple students, the answer to all of China’s problems

An editorial in the current issue of the Temple News bashes China’s plan to vaccinate all 5.2 billion birds in the country. Far be it from me to, well, know anything about said Chinese plan. At first glance it seems a bit impossible to do.

What I do know, however, is when I want think “commentary on China domestic policy” I immediately think “Temple News.” (Yes, newspapers are even italicized in my thoughts.) And I think that this is a good plan:

China consumes 14 billion domestically-grown poultry each year. Maybe the country’s manpower should focus on increasing the number of birds consumed. That way all supposedly infected birds will be eaten, thus eliminating the avian flu problem altogether and relieving China of their excess fowl population.

I don’t know if that’s supposed to be a snarky tongue-in-cheek comment. If it is, I’m kind of disappointed. I think eradicating bird flu by eating all the birds is probably the smartest thing I’ve ever heard anyone say about anything.

Egg Hunt [Temple News]
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