My fear is, what's out there?

I'm willing to have additional conversations until we're convinced we can't resolve the differences.

They do more than pay our bills. They are providing a valuable service.

I'm willing to stay the course and let them show me why we should continue with them.

There are incentives for any state to exaggerate an external threat. If people feel insecure and have fear, they want to be protected. Even if you're living under wretched conditions, you think it is better than the alternative.

The idea is simple. The fear is that the bird virus will re-assort with a human virus and generate a pandemic human flu. If you vaccinate against human influenza, they can't catch it, so you won't get re-assortment.