The bird flu has more chance of turning you into a bird than it does to kill you.

[daerath]

"Avian H5N1 looks like a 70% case fatality in humans. But this has never been true of any human strain," Longini told WebMD last December. "There has never been any human influenza virus that has behaved that way in recorded or even unrecorded history."

This, right here, is the statement that would calm people down about the bird flu, but I doubt

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[gekko]

but! but! but I don't WANT to be turned into a bird!!!! (well, except for the whole flying thing...I could deal with that...but still) I am going panic and get my feathers all ruffled, and squawk madly about how we're all going to be turned into birds, and, and, dammit! See? It already got me!

I SERIOUSLY need to cut back on the caffeine. Seriously.

Wonder when we're going to get an updated Mosquito Magnet

[biflspud]

Last couple of years, it was West Nile Virus that had people seeking all sorts of idiotic ways to kill the dread mosquito scourge. Nevermind the simple fact that WNV is an avian-specific disease that happens to kill a few immunocompromised babies and old people; THE DREAD MOSQUITO SCOURGE IS UPON US!

Now we need something to kill those pesky birds. I recommend electified bird baths.

The big problem with the avian flu is that it's eradicating chickens -- expect your McNuggets to get a lot more pricey soon.