German cat gets deadly bird flu

[€uroMeinke]

So it hasn't jumped to humans yet but....

I guess cats can get it if they don't watch what they eat
:p

The Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4758632.stm)

[Stan4dSteph]

Even though it's kind of a joke to talk about "bird flu" it's freaking me out a little. It's spreading fairly rapidly now among birds. Not good news as spreading means more potential for mutations that might result in an airborne-transmittable virus.

[Moonliner]

Even though it's kind of a joke to talk about "bird flu" it's freaking me out a little. It's spreading fairly rapidly now among birds. Not good news as spreading means more potential for mutations that might result in an airborne-transmittable virus.

You can take some comfort in the fact that it only really takes off when it starts spreading human-to-human and when that happens the mortaility rate drops by over 95%.

[CoasterMatt]

Well, the gene pool could use a lil chlorine...