DOOM: H5N1

[NotAllThere]

Why do you hate nominative determinism?

Said Mr Just Myname.

[jamesbrown]

Why do you hate nominative determinism?

[d000hg]

Whorty is always boasting about the sick birds he's had is hands all over.

[Bod]

"First UK person to catch H5N1 bird flu strain is named

but people have been urged to not touch sick or dead birds.

My cat brought in a bird this afternoon, what was I supposed to do - leave it on the carpet, or call Porton Down?

Maybe I should go and wash my hands.

[d000hg]

There's been a lot of chicken choking going on with the current bird lockdown.

[OwlHoot]

[Mordac]

Gosling = a young goose, you couldn't make it up

Not a great advert for nominative determinism...

[Paddy]

Gosling = a young goose, you couldn't make it up

[BR14]

COR!! - **** a duck!
west country -

[WTFH]

A bit extreme, but at least they let him enjoy the festivities.

We do things differently down Devon.

[Paralytic]

"First UK person to catch H5N1 bird flu strain is named

Alan Gosling, 79, tested positive having lived with about 20 ducks inside his home in Devon

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They were subsequently killed shortly after Christmas.

A bit extreme, but at least they let him enjoy the festivities.

[AtW]

"First UK person to catch H5N1 bird flu strain is named

Alan Gosling, 79, tested positive having lived with about 20 ducks inside his home in Devon

The first person in the UK to catch a new strain of bird flu has been named as 79-year-old Alan Gosling, a retired engineer who lived with about 20 ducks inside his home in Devon.

Gosling, who had about another 100 ducks living outside on his property in Buckfastleigh, noticed several birds falling ill shortly before Christmas, Devon Live reports.

Subsequent tests by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) were returned positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu. They were subsequently killed shortly after Christmas.

Gosling then tested positive for general flu virus and the H5N1 strain of avian flu – a first for the strain in the UK. The risk to the wider public continues to be very low, health officials have said, but people have been urged to not touch sick or dead birds.

Gosling reportedly welcomed about 20 of the birds into his home as pets after he began feeding the flock."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...train-is-named