Animal Flu BS

[M]ost people do not need to worry about getting the bird flu, and since there’s not yet evidence of human-to-human contact, there’s no immediate danger of a new bird flu pandemic.

— Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, “From backyard chickens to house cats, the bird flu is spreading. Do you need to worry about another pandemic?UCHealth, 24 February 2025

Allen Forrest is a writer, painter, graphic artist and activist. He has created covers and illustrations for literary publications and books, is the winner of the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University's Reed Magazine for 2015, and his Bel Red landscape paintings are part of the Bellevue College Foundation's permanent art collection in Bellevue, WA. He lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Read other articles by Allen, or visit Allen's website.