H5N1

I just watched BBC News and there was another report about the bird flu virus, this time it was reported in a parrot imported from South America in September. Well...correction, only the H5 virus was found, not the N1 strain as of yet. That terrifies me a lot since it could mean that the United States probably already have instances of this virus in its migrating birds which are wintering in that location (actually I'm speculating) and when spring rolls around, we will be seeing that in North America...maybe even way sooner than that.
This pandemic seems to me something that is almost inevitable. Soon, flu season will be coming and if the two viruses do cross, then we will be dealing with something that will be for sure deadly to a wider range of people. I'm especially worried as almost everyone I love is in the medical field or type setting. If this virus does start spreading from person to person, those who are in ground zero are going to be the first line of "defense".