from WHO. They just had a big meeting so that is why all the media reports in the past few days. We will have it in the US soon but probably only in poultry or wild birds. This is not unexpected and unless you have close contact with either the risk is low .If it happens and we react like other countries around the world have, the poultry industry will go belly up as no one will buy or eat chicken. This will cause the price of other meats to go up. It still has not gone to sustained human to human yet and may not ever do so though it is looking like it has a good chance more than any other virus that has come along in a long time. That is the big worry and if it does the danger of infection will not come from birds if it happens but from other people.
If you would like to follow it here are two news links updated frequently
http://www.flulab.com/http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Bird+Flu
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