Living in a poultry producing region such as I do, this stuff is not taken lightly.
Evrn if it doesn't mutate to a human problem, it will be a major human problem because such an outbreak could decimate the economy of this area. Only 50 miles north of me is the county that produces the most broiler/fryers in the country. Only 20 miles south of me is one of Perdue's largest processing plants in the country, and I live only about 4 miles from one of Tyson's largest plants in the region (I won't mention the 150,000 chickens currently residing across the road from me).........
I've got no connection to the industry other than being a major consumer, but this is not a laughing matter and we've all been talking about it for years.
Two or three years ago there was an outbreak of Newcastle's disease in the poultry farms here in California. Millions of chickens were slaughtered. It was spread by illegal aliens smugglng in infected gamecocks from Mexico. The same people who were raising the smuggled in birds were also working at the poultry farms.
I've got no connection to the industry other than being a major consumer, but this is not a laughing matter and we've all been talking about it for years.
I'm not laughing, but I'm not that concerned about it either... not yet anyway.