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Published 24 April 2006

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David Nabarro said the public would find it hard to understand just how low the risk level is. "I'm not surprised that people are quite scared in the UK and other countries with the arrival of swans that are dead and are found to have H5N1 on board," he said. "It's very hard for individuals to handle a rare infection, because they're always going to say: 'Well, I could be the unfortunate one.' On the other way round, many of us buy Lottery tickets."

Observer (Barbara Friedlander)

Ian Quinn was told it was too expensive to install a water meter as he lives in a block of flats. Instead, Thames Water changed his bill from being based on the rateable value to the average metered household bill, which is based on a family of four. When he asked why Thames Water couldn't calculate an average for single occupiers, he was told it would be discriminatory.

Guardian (Sigrid Rabiger)

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