MY COCKATOO HAS BEEN A WRECK

U.S. Bird Flu Threat May Be Overstated, Experts Say

Dr. Marc Siegel, author of False Alarm: The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear and a clinical associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine in New York City,
said, "There's a complete psychosis here."

"The whole problem with the topic is the blurring of the distinction between birds and people. I'd be worried if I was a bird -- maybe. But not even all birds should be worried," Siegel said.

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