So far there is only one confirmed human case. Rick Bright, an expert on the H5N1 virus who served on President Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisory board, told me this is the crucial moment. "There’s a fine line between one person and 10 people with H5N1…

This is false. There have been almost a thousand confirmed human cases of H5N1 over the past 20 years. Not saying the risk of a mutation to make it transmissible between humans doesn’t exist, but there’s absolutely no reason to think that has happened.

Another possible route is the cows’ feed, owing to the fairly revolting fact that the U.S. allows farmers to feed leftover poultry bedding material – feathers, excrement, spilled seeds – to dairy and beef cattle as a cheap source of additional protein.

You shouldn’t be eating commercially raised cattle, bird flu or not.