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January 8, 2006

"Catching" Bird Flu

I
had dinner last night with North Carolina's state epidimiologist, who told me that the Turkish boys who were infected with avian flu had been playing catch with the severed head of a diseased chicken.

Posted by Eric at January 8, 2006 7:43 PM

Comments

Oh, no! Sure as hell I've got it, too.

Posted by: David Marshall at January 8, 2006 8:29 PM

Dammit. Now what will we do for entertainment during Superbowl halftime? I suppose we'll have to go back to throwing a football around.

Posted by: Al Maviva at January 9, 2006 9:10 AM

I saw some expert on BBC News this morning who said it is A) very difficult for humans to get bird flu -- they would have to have extremely close contact with infected animals -- and B) there is no evidence of human to human transmission. So I guess tossing around a diseased chicken head explains everything on both counts.

Posted by: Yasminah at January 9, 2006 12:03 PM