Jasper is angry with me because I won’t let him outside to eat all of the #h5n1 bird flu. “I’m sure it will be fine,” he says. “You’re overreacting as usual. Stop being such a panicky alarmist.”
“Dude, do you not understand what it means that the D1.1 clad has adapted to mammalian physiology in the latest outbreak in a Nevada dairy herd?” I say, and he just glares at me.
“You are not bringing that virus into this house. Just… no. Stay inside and play with your sister,” I say.
“I’m going to piss in your headphones,” he says. “You’re going to regret this.”
“I already do, buddy. I already do.”