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It is because Covid is considered endemic. Meaning it is here, infecting humans and it is here to stay. We also have treatments, they may not work for everyone, but that's also normal.
The bird flu is not endemic. The name kind of says it, its still mostly in birds. The reason why people focus on a single case in humans is that such an event could trigger the broad adaptation of the virus to humans (zoonosis).
Right now the virus has low potential to get transmitted, because it has not yet adapted to humans. If this happens, it could very well trigger the next pandemic.
And if you were unhappy about how fast the Coronavirus could mutate over the course of pandemic... well then get ready for worse since Influenza viruses whole deal is about mutating and recombining their transcripts.
So yes, there is a reason people focus so much on this one case.
But then it's okay to stop focusing on it once it is endemic and is killing thousands every month? What are you trying to say dude?
What I am trying to say is written right there, I didn't say anything you are alluding to.
We aren't focusing on the thousands of people dying from malaria or the common flu either. Once something is routine it is no longer "news".
Or all the people dying from just run of the mill diarrhea that kills a shitload of people