Avian flu 'would dwarf the COVID pandemic in terms of impact,' researcher says

Even for the most pandemic-weary among us, avian influenza has become impossible to ignore, especially as Canada starts vaccinating those at highest risk of infection. Recent headlines have dredged up questions that we are loathe to revisit: Where did this new virus come from? How dangerous is it? And how worried should we be? The Globe spoke with Dr. Richard Webby at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, where he's been studying avian influenza viruses since they first started popping up in people nearly three decades ago. Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at…