Like the "Published Canon" part of Section 1a in the original post says, they "never expected to see one of these in this part of the world". Which I suppose does mean the emphasis is on it being seen there, rather than being seen at all....
But "of course they're surprised to see a virus, it's a virus" seemed less convoluted than trying to root comedy on "Kish indicates 'ducks', and ducks quack, and a quack might misdiagnose something as a virus"![]()