Spare me

[gemfyre]

For Chrissakes people you are not going to get bird flu from LOOKING at birds. It is a disease most potent among high density poultry farms, not wild passerines or low density migratory waders.

Geez.

Just explained to a visitor that the blue and white flycatcher - a bird seen here, which was one of the 3 sightings for Australia - is from south-east Asia. Her response "Oh you know what THEY carry!" *rolls eyes*
I just had to say, "Well if it sneezes on you then start worrying."

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[natsuchan.livejournal.com]

Admittedly that's a fairly stupid and ignorant thing to say but when you have major current affair programs dancing around squealing that a minimum of 2 million people will die (in Australia)if the virus (is it a virus?) mutates so it can be passed directly from person to person, people tend to filter out the important bit and get worried. Yep it's scaremongering but that sort of thing is going make the average person just a bit antsy.