[Termite_Commander]

I guess this means I'd better stop licking bird droppings... =/

Seriously though, I guess Turkey and neighboring countries might have some problems then, since they're going through a nasty cold snap, and patches of virus exist all over the place from migratory birds. Why, look what the spring thaw brings this year.

[Mother Abigail]

Five Children with Bird Flu
Symptoms Hospitalized in Turkey

20 January 2006 | 18:14 | FOCUS News Agency

Ankara. Five children that were suspected to have bird flu virus were hospitalised in Turkey today, ITAR TASS reports.

Anadol Agency informs that all the children, three of which are under 10 years, live in the eastern province of Agri, which borders Iran.

According to the received information about a week ago the children ate a chicken that might have been infected with the bird flu virus H5N1.

[snippy_about_it]

Poultry, especially those kept in small backyard flocks, are the main source of the virus.

You said: ..and patches of virus exist all over the place from migratory birds.

They can call this the "bird" flu all they want but it is more specifically a POULTRY flu. I don't think poultry migrates.