You're probably right.............however not in the manner in which you think.
When this virus hits the US - and it will the first casualty is going to be the economy. It will start small, first where local economies rely on the poultry industry, like where I live, and then it will start to spread.
Even if it never mutates to a H2H strain, the economic impacts will be widespread........but alas no one around here seems to give a hoot about that.
Wake up people - it has to hit birds first........the first line of defense against this going H2H is the commercial poultry industry.
I suggest if you enjoy chicken on a regular basis and have the room that you start stocking up now. When avian flu hits the US huge numbers of chickens are going to be destroyed.......initially the price will drop and then it will skyrocket because supply will be so low.
I have no financial ties to the poultry industry, but live in an area where many people, including some very close friends, rely on it for their livelihoods. We don't take this threat as a joke around here.
I'm right about the BBC, but not the way I think I am? I'm confused.
You said...
"Wake up people - it has to hit birds first........the first line of defense against this going H2H is the commercial poultry industry. "
I am not sure that is accurate, Gabz. The virus in birds affects only birds, as long as we are not in close contact with an infected bird. What happens is that the virus somehow mutates into a form that will be easily spread from human to human, either in another animal, like pigs... or will do something on it's own in a human who has been in contact with birds that make it go from human to human.
The large poultry farms are usually under cover, protected from wild birds, which carry the virus. But, if one human brings it in, say, on their shoes, the whole building of birds will die pretty fast...