In the words of the great Joad Cressbeckler: “Some Chinaman got the Chicken Curse!”
A man who had been diagnosed with China’s first case of bird flu in more than a year has died in the southern city of Shenzhen, health officials say.
The 39-year-old bus driver was admitted to hospital with pneumonia but tested positive for the bird flu virus.
The H5N1 bird flu strain has a high level of mortality, killing up to 60% of humans infected with it.
Bird flu isn’t “Gun Death” so it doesn’t count. Let’s hear some more from Joad:
