The Government has announced an imminent ban on 'bird gatherings' as it tries to curb the spread of a highly contagious avian influenza.
From midday on Monday, the gatherings will be banned and this involves ducks, geese, swans, pheasants, partridge, quail, chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl, the environment ministry said in a statement.All those laughing right now, no, the government isn't quite so dumb as to try to prevent birds of a feather from flocking together - this is human activity:
The UK Government classifies 'bird gatherings' as bird fairs, markets, shows, sales, exhibitions and some premises used for dealing or internet sales.
Vehicles used to transport a collection of live birds from multiple premises are also considered gatherings.
Are they worried about this? It seems they are, and for good reason - as Sobers points out in comments, there are drawbacks with vaccination:
Bird-to-human transmission of avian influenza is rare and has only occurred a handful of times before in the UK.
Symptoms of the infection mirror those of regular flu and Covid. It doesn't spread easily between humans.
But I'm sure, in some area of Whitehall, to quote H G Well, 'slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us'.
Will we meekly comply with lockdown this time?
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