Obviously it's in cows and other creatures as well, so clearly it's not restricted to birds. Face the facts, it's not a "bird" flu, and it shouldn't be called that anymore, as it's obviously not exclusive to birds.
H5N1 works for me. At least the technical name doesn't mislead people into thinking only one category of animals can get it.
The companion article about American contrariness was also fun. Fauci warns against drinking raw milk and immediately social media has people promoting drinking raw milk "for immunization" making the sale of raw milk shoot up.
At this moment I think if a new pandemic starts, nurses are just going to quit their jobs in the spot instead of going through all that again.
