I just read the book on the 1918 pandemic in which my grandfather died. People literally fell in their tracks. Mass graves were used in places and in Philadephia the bodies piled up on porches until a group of priests took them away.
The reason for the number of people who died was the inattention and denial of public health officials who continued not to take action after the flu was spreading. Military put on boats to go to Europe for the war, died and were literally thrown overboard, the ships were ships of death. It was an awful catastrophe.
Just pick up your shotgun and blow away birds. No problem. They will come back healthier.
c.j. Remember when I said we may live to see Everything? Like all history repeated? This may be one of those. I skeered.