On the odd chance that you need one more thing to worry about, federal health officials have you covered. Like most of us, you have probably put away your facemasks and left the COVID pandemic in your rearview mirror. But we’re now being told that a brand new pandemic could be on the horizon and one federal medical official is saying that it could be “100 times worse than COVID.” This one didn’t come out of a lab in Wuhan, however, and it’s not particularly new. It’s the bird flu, more properly known as the H5N1 avian flu. “But wait,” you’re probably thinking. “Doesn’t that affect birds and livestock?” For the most part, yes. But it’s been showing up in herds of cattle in Texas and now a human dairy worker has contracted it. But before you pack up and head for the bunker, it may be a bit too soon to go into a panic over this. (NY Post)
A bird flu pandemic with the potential to be…
