It's still out there, killing people. I haven't been following it, but just the other day, there was a brief mention on the TV news that someone in Egypt had just died of it--and that was the third bird flu death in Egypt that week.

Since I haven't been following the news, I have no idea if the virus continues to mutate as it spreads further. But since there hasn't been any big news stories on it for a while, I think this particular strain seems to have dead ended. Then again, there's no reason why it couldn't suddenly become easily communicable tomorrow.

I'm curious if economically painful measures like mass cullings of birds are still going on, for example, in Southeast Asia. When the international spotlight is off you, I imagine the pressure not to eliminate people's livelihoods or inflict undue economic hardship on the people is high.