Getting Closer…

…Bird flu, that is. Apparently it’s reached the Russian Urals, and is likely headed this way. And while it’s by no means certain that the avian flu virus H5N1 will mutate into something that causes a flu pandemic in humans, those working in the field are increasingly furrowing their collective brows.

 

Now, two risk communicators working for the WHO have published a long article on how to sound the alarm over bird flu without necessarily scaring the shit out of us. Well, perhaps. To paraphrase TS Eliot, this may be how the world ends, not with a bang, but ah-tishoo!