All hell will be breaking loose here soon if a dead swan is confirmed to have the 'deadly' H5N1 bird flu virus. There is no risk to humans, yet that doesn't stop the media scare-mongering. I'd better start stock-piling the freezer full of chicken before that gets taken off the shelves. Apparently there is a two mile restriction zone around where the swan was found (Cellardyke, Fife - about 35 miles from me as the crow flies )! The birds are the only things that need to be kept away, but I can't see that happening.The media just love this sort of thing. I'm guessing that BBC's Reporting Scotland will be devoted to that tonight. Hopefully Jackie Bird (no pun intended) will come up with some funny quips related to that, the story just lends itself to it.I'm sure I heard that to get infected you have to be in constant contact with them like working with poultry, etc?Anyway, enough about birds....
Hi Karen, funny how Cellardyke is now the centre of the world, eh? I don't think there's a single news crew who isn't there at the moment. The newspapers were hilarious today as well. 'BIRD FLU IN FIFE - SCOTLAND ON THE BRINK', blah, blah, blah. For goodness sake, it's only one dead bird, hardly scope for mass evacuations. On a related note, Glasgow City Council found two dead swans in Richmond Park this afternoon... and briefly closed ALL of the cities' parks as a precaution. I eagerly await the mass panic about nothing that's certain to follow.
Bobby