Bird Flu FAQ
Well everybody is pretty worried about Bird Flu, or H5N1 as the l33t kids call it, and we probably should be. A 50% mortality rate, no vaccines, and all kinds of other fun facts make the outlook less than pleasant. But we have to keep our chins up, now, don’t we? So I’ve decided to make a little FAQ to help people with their Bird Flu questions:
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1. I’m not a bird. Should I worry?
Yes, even humans can get the bird flu. That’s the irony of it.
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2. I don’t have sex with birds. Should I worry?
Yes. Bird flu is not an STD.
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3. I do have sex with birds. Should I worry?
Yes. For all kinds of reasons.
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4. What’s wrong with turning into a bird? Big bird is pretty cool.
Bird flu does not turn you into a bird. It turns you into a corpse. Not cool.
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5. Will I be able to fly once I get bird flu?
No.
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6. Doesn’t John Stewart have something funny and lighthearted to say about this?
Yes, but even his take is kind of depressing. It’s linked from boingboing at http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/17/daily_show_on_bird_f.html
