Behind the Scenes: Jay Thomas's Avian Flu Scare

Jay Thomas this morning, after a long day of rugby, sat down to a hearty breakfast of 5 pancakes, 6 slices of bacon, 4 pieces of toast, several slices of ham, three eggs easy-over and one slice of melon. "I didn't want to over-do it" Jay noted, "in the past, I would have slapped on some coffee and maybe some sausage links or those sweet little mini-muffins but I'm trying stay slim for the lady" Jay sat, patting his notably slimmer physique. However, much to Mr. Thomas's dismay, as he dipped his toast into the egg, runny, uncooked genetically questionable yolk ran out, "so much for avian bird flu" was all Jay whispered before digging in.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Center commented, "It's a gamble with animal viruses. Mr. Thomas's body could treat it as a live attenuated vaccine of sorts, developed an immune response to it which we could then harvest and he could, indeed, save the world. Or, his cells could mutate the virus into a human strain, alter it further into an airborne pathogen and kill us all in a matter of weeks. I hope he enjoyed his eggs."

Jay Thomas retorted, "Yum."