It’s a bit surprising that the virus hasn’t mutated enough to infect more people and eventually spread from human to human, given that in e.g. the Netherlands there is no bird flu season anymore, but that it infects birds year round. Earlier this month they finally ended the requirement that birds had to be locked up, after almost 9 months! That’s the longest lock up period ever. (They also killed millions of chickens and such in an attempt to prevent spreading of the flu.)
Doesn’t mean that this won’t become the next pandemic. It sounds quite likely given this news. Cats are mamals and they’re also spending a lot of time around humans.