The media frenzy over bird flu in France has been partly responsible for the significant drop in poultry sales over the last few weeks. A few days ago, radio station France Inter’s journalists admitted their role in the panic, and announced that to avoid any confusion, they would no longer be using the term grippe aviaire – grippe meaning flu – but would start using the correct veterinary term, peste aviaire. The first translation of peste is “plague”, so I’m not so sure how reassuring this move will be. Let’s just say it’s the thought that counts.
In the meantime, I did my patriotic part to support local poultry farmers by buying and cooking a five-pound farm chicken for Sunday lunch.
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