FYI, from a pathology and epidemiology standpoint, any H5Nx virus exhibiting a human to human vector *is* a big deal. One of those gets loose, it’s time to call Alas Babylon and head to your redoubt until it burns out. 90- 180 days.
You are right. Bird flu is more dangerous.
It’s just that viruses tend to balance out on power vs transmissibility. Weak virus tend to be very contagious, and strong virus tend not to be too contagious.
Hell, SARS and MERS are MUCH more dangerous than this other COVID is proving to be.
“...any H5Nx virus exhibiting a human to human vector *is* a big deal.”
Yup. Wonder about the incubation period and symptoms.