Re-upping this article about H5N1 to provide some basic public education.
https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/04/05/h5n1-avian-flu-what-canadians-need-to-know
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Re-upping this article about H5N1 to provide some basic public education.
https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/04/05/h5n1-avian-flu-what-canadians-need-to-know
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Comments
-H5N1 has a very high fatality rate
-there exist non-mRNA vaccines stockpiled, but not commercially available
-they need two doses
-there's a highly effective commercially available one for POULTRY
-Tamiflu is somewhat effective, but we don't have enough of it
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There's a WHO plan underway to produce mRNA vaccine especially for low income countries.
https://www.who.int/news/item/29-07-2024-new-initiative-launched-to-advance-mrna-vaccine-development-against-human-avian-influenza-(h5n1)
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As an American, I am incredibly concerned. If this breaks out under the next administration, we will likely not have access to the vaccines we're stockpiling. Even if we did, half the country wouldn't take it, or even wear a mask, so no herd immunity.