Do the funky chicken

The avian flu threat looms ever closer, as swans found dead around the Thessaloniki area appear to be infected with the non-lethal to humans H5 form of the virus. Samples have been sent to the WHO labs in London to see whether or not they had the H5N1 form of the virus or not. On top of that, one of the people who helped clear the dead birds is a new army recruit, who has landed at the army hospital here in Thessaloniki (otherwise known as my husband's hospital) for observation. The hospital will likely be on the news tonight, in a media frenzy of fear and panic.

I know that the recent Siberian temperatures had forced birds to fly further south for habitation, many of these birds settling here in Greece. I wonder if that migration added to the spread of the flu, especially in areas in Africa that are getting reports of the virus.

Well, here's hoping Greece is ready for the outbreak, large or small, whatever the case may be.