Bird flu hysteria? Gee, I wonder why...

[ziggytrix]

I dunno how true this is, but I heard on the radio that all influenza comes from birds, so "avian flu" is actually redundant. Furthermore, most influenza is bird-only, and humans can't catch it.

But all this panic over "what if the bird flu mutates to transmit person-to-person" - well what if HIV mutates to transmit respiratorily? We'd be pretty fucked then, wouldn't we. Or what if the flesh-eating bacteria from last year's (wasn't it?) media panic suddenly decided it was gonna be a big deal? Or SARS or MAD COW OR what if the SKY WAS FALLING? OH MY GOD WE'RE DOOMED!

DOOOOOOOOOMED!