The timing of H5N1 couldn’t be worse.
As if it weren’t horrifying enough to be handing the keys over to lunatics, they’re now appointing anti-vaxxers and raw-milk proponents to positions of power.
God help us all.
Both. Definitely both. I’ve already started cutting back time spent out in public, grocery stores, etc. I’m thankful for curbside pickup. I live in an area where they’ve found it in humans but aren’t doing much testing…ugh. We are so fucked.
Detecting dangerous business practices, food, air, water and drugs won’t even be of concern in the new administration! All self enrichment, grift and corrupt schemes, all the time, coming soon!
Sorry to pile on, but the CDC is monitoring these cases & those in infected cows.
RFK Jr, encourages people to drink unpasteurized milk, and he wants to gut the CDC. That is a recipe for mass death, I am not exaggerating,
My black humour is clawing at my mind… but the reality is, too many people died during the pandemic, all due to trump’s gross incompetence. We will the be subjects of historical talks for centuries to come.
Moderna has a candidate vaccine in Phase I/II as it was awarded a contract by BARDA in July 2024.
Phase III trial expected 2025.
We need to minimize risk of human to human transmission mutations until at least 2026 by eradicating infected herds.
Not to minimise the situation, but clearly not 50%, not seeing that from current US numbers, and there’s clear evidence of unreported cases which messes with your denominator.
Unreported cases cannot be quantified so always an issue, excluded from CFR calculation.
Fair point on current U.S. only mortality for past 6 months, but 20 yr global cfr better indicator.
Covid taught us- we will import cases from Europe & Asia global travel. Inescapable reality IF pandemic
Totally agree, the situation is disturbing. I just see a straw man argument forming ‘see they said 50% and it’s only 5!, see they’re fear mongering’, or ‘see viruses quickly become mild’. Saying ‘up to’ 50% or ‘has had’ a cfr of 50% mitigates that maybe? I’m being super picky I know.
Well this isn’t good. We’re going into the holiday season and now we have to worry about this. They are not talking about this enough in the news. My local news has been too busy covering all the other food recalls and outbreaks. I don’t remember it being this bad and I’ve been in grocery for 20 yrs
#BirdFlu is here. It’s been in USA formonths. It’s only a matter of time.
Humans have no natural immunity to the virus.
As far as I have seen, little to nothing happening in terms of tracking it (both in livestock, and in dairy products, or livestock), nor with respect to vaccination development.
I don’t think enough people are paying attention. There was a young kid up in Canada that just contracted a version of the virus that had mutated to infect humans more efficiently.
Pay attention to Canada as well. BC had its first case. It's a different strain and is suspected to have come from a wild bird. The CDC in Wpg did genetic testing and it mutated in two dangerous ways that pave the way for for higher transmissibility.
Aren't we just the luckiest to have Trump guiding us through the rising bird flu situation? I wonder what brilliant ideas RFK Jr. will come up with next.
You are so right. Everyone needs to stock up on N95 masks now. This will be much deadlier than COVID and the administration will be even more inept. We will be on our own. Scary as hell.
This will be devastating enough but it will be 100 times worse because the new HHS secretary believes the bird flu is a disease made up by the world health organisation!
The USA will be by far the single worst country in the western world and the most dangerous place in which to reside.
When/if there’s a vaccine for this roughly 50% lethal virus, it’ll be interesting to see how maga feel about it. Including RFK Jr and Weldon, who are both anti-vax.
Just in time for the anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-numbnuts administration. I swear those guys wake up sticky after having Malthusian wet dreams and midnight Rapture wanks.
The next administration is looking at culling the department responsible for tracking, reporting and preventing this. I guess if we never report it, it is not an issue… just another mystery illness killing Americans.
Reason # 6,742 why RFK, Jr has no business anywhere near our health departments. Hopefully, we should be okay (for now), if we follow precautions re: handling and cooking.
2 human interactions dx’d with no known animal contact. Critically ill teen in Canada and child here in the SF Bay Area. CIDRAP has been paying attention.
Most of them are but there is human to human transmission at this point.
But cullings like this tend to be ground zero for the spread.
Head on a swivel.
Can't believe we have another fucking pandemic headed straight for us and guess who's in charge of the Mfing government response? The guy who was in charge of the last one when we lost over a million Americans.
I am 110% had this last thanksgiving. Including the viral conjunctivitis at the end. It was horrific. This tg I won't be in the ER so that's an improvement.
I just got out of the hospital for food poisoning and it's not fun. Trying to recover to get ready for Thanksgiving as the family is coming. My wonderful husband and daughter in law are cooking. BLESSINGS!
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As if it weren’t horrifying enough to be handing the keys over to lunatics, they’re now appointing anti-vaxxers and raw-milk proponents to positions of power.
God help us all.
Don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
RFK Jr, encourages people to drink unpasteurized milk, and he wants to gut the CDC. That is a recipe for mass death, I am not exaggerating,
The mortality rate for H5N1 in humans is 50%.
So… yes definitely 💯
Very close attention.
Phase III trial expected 2025.
We need to minimize risk of human to human transmission mutations until at least 2026 by eradicating infected herds.
Fair point on current U.S. only mortality for past 6 months, but 20 yr global cfr better indicator.
Covid taught us- we will import cases from Europe & Asia global travel. Inescapable reality IF pandemic
Humans have no natural immunity to the virus.
As far as I have seen, little to nothing happening in terms of tracking it (both in livestock, and in dairy products, or livestock), nor with respect to vaccination development.
Also, how does it pair with raw milk
The USA will be by far the single worst country in the western world and the most dangerous place in which to reside.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/california-reports-avian-flu-retail-raw-milk-sample
You should tell them to come over here though,
But cullings like this tend to be ground zero for the spread.
Head on a swivel.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC546057/
So they cannot complain.
The guardrails will all be gone
Have a glass of raw milk and relax. The outcome is gonna be fucking wild, but everyone is gonna know. He's making sure of that.
Oh, and raw milk. About that..
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bird-flu-detected-raw-milk-sold-california-health-officials-say-rcna181598
This is not going to end well is it? Shit.