Soil Association director Patrick Holden accused the government of "a dereliction of duty" after it emerged it had no stocks of the bird flu vaccine and none on order to use on poultry flocks in the event of an outbreak.
Government ministers said this week that they do not favour vaccination as a method of dealing with bird flu and have argued it was costly and labour intensive. However Mr Holden said every available method must be used to fight the virus.
DETAILS: Bird flu preparations criticised
I agree with Mr. Holden: regardless of their objections, this government should have every weapon in its arsenal to fight bird flu.
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