However, the virus, which is formally known as H5N1 avian influenza virus, has never actually passed from one human being to another, and although it can pass among certain animals, reports of it being passed from animals to humans are extremely rare.
Although these types of warnings can make people understandably jittery with the COVID-19 pandemic fresh in our memories, it is important to keep in mind that bird flu outbreaks have been reported since at least as far back as the 1880s and have not wiped humans off the planet yet.
Recent reports indicate that bird flu has been detected in poultry, wild birds and some mammals. It didn't take long for WHO Chief Scientist Jeremy Farrar to start sounding the alarm bells and saying that there is “great concern” that the virus could evolve and gain the capability to be transmitted among humans.
His warnings were quickly picked up by the mainstream media, with the Daily Mail warning that the virus could be “100 times worse than COVID” and the New York Times echoing Farrar’s concerns that it could mutate and be passed between humans.
However, all of this may prove to be little more than an effort to drum up support for a new vaccine now that interest in COVID-19 jabs and boosters has been dwindling as the world finally starts to see how risky and ineffective they are...<<<Read More>>>...