BIRD FLU MARCHES ON

Here's another milestone in the burgeoning bird-flu pandemic that we won't pay attention to until it's too late: "Thailand said on Tuesday it had found its first known probable case of a human being infecting another with bird flu, but insisted it was an isolated incident that posed little risk to the greater population." Oh, phew. I thought this might be important, but it's just another ISOLATED INCIDENTtm. Move along, nothing to see here.