It looks like there is a concerted effort underway to prepare the public for a “new pandemic”, and here are some of the mainstream media headlines making the rounds this past week:
UK: “Bird flu HAS mutated to infect people…fresh pandemic fears” (click here)
USA: “CDC says it’s in a posture of readiness amid fears H5N1 bird flu is poised to jump to humans - there are several vaccines and drugs in the works” (click here)
China: “A 53 year old woman in eastern China has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, (clade 2.3.4.4b), after exposure to poultry (click here)
UK: “Lateral flow tests being prepared for UK outbreaks of avian flu” (click here)
https://makismd.substack.com/p/h5n1-avian-influenza-what-you-need
For a little perspective, I searched for bird flu in a random year and look what I got:
https://theprint.in/science/lab-leak-is-the-biggest-suspect-in-1977-flu-pandemic-but-it-took-3-decades-to-gain-currency/669907/playback.
"The 1977 pandemic — called the 'Russian Flu' — was caused by the Human influenza H1N1 virus. It came to be known as such because it was first reported by the erstwhile Soviet Union.
MOHANA BASU
3 June, 2021 07:30 am IS"
Maybe my unconscious nudged me to pick 1977, but all I can say is wow,, someone needs a new playbook. Even got Russia in there.
Birds get the flu, a type A influenza virus, all over the world and this has been true for a long time. Also true that it come in various strains and that occasionally people get infected. Trying to keep billions of flying things from spreading it around is the height of futility. Better to stick to healthful practices and not worry about it