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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Wonder what they'll do when it's found in some large city's pigeons?
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Well, first they'll
panic immediately and shut down the area.
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Police shut down a 10-block stretch of Congress Avenue for several hours after the dead birds were found the morning of Jan. 8. Dozens of fire trucks, police cars and ambulances gathered and emergency workers donned yellow hazardous-material suits until the street was eventually reopened.
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A friend of mine's mother lives in a remodeled business loft downtown, and she was told by an EMT that she lived in the "hot zone" and if she didn't come immediately with them to the hospital to be quarantined and tested, she would be arrested. No joke.