Is bird flu the next COVID?

In the past four years in the United States, only 14 cases that have been reported

Bird flu has been around for many years.

It was formally identified in 1959 but probably existed as “fowl plague” since 1878. The H5N1 variant that causes the current flu has been around continuously for decades in 10% of wildfowl populations. It is much like the ordinary flu or for that matter, COVID-19, that now perpetually persists in humans. If viral behavior holds constant, both these 2 viruses will be with us for a long time. We live in a sea of viruses.

The bird flu can sporadically cause disease, but currently is not active. In the past four years in the United States, only 14 cases that have been reported - all in dairymen and poultry workers. There have been no deaths, no hospitalizations , no residuals, and very importantly, no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

With such a benign natured virus, I am having trouble understanding why:

• The United States government issued an “emergency use authorization “ in July which absolves bird flu vaccine manufacturers of product liability.

• The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced billing codes for bird flu vaccination and boosters.

• The country of Finland has begun to test U.S. made bird flu  vaccines. Finland has had no human cases of bird flu and only a single positive test in a wild goose. Since there are no reported cases how can they identify the offending virus and make sure vaccine is efficacious against this specific illusory virus?!

• And most importantly, the U.S. government recently signed a contract with Moderna pharmaceuticals to produce an mRNA “vaccine” (gene therapy) for bird flu.

The recent covid mRNA technology was neither efficacious nor safe . People are still sorting out the aftermath.

Is there something else  that we should know that warrants these  expensive, unsafe and  extravagant measures?

What are we missing?

Steven Birkholz, M.D.
Kohler