Worth reiterating that H5N1 has never behaved like this. Millions of infections in North America combined with what seem to be multiple modes of transmission combined with growing numbers of human infections combined with flu season is a time bomb. www.bbc.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

brownecfm.bsky.social • 60 days ago

Worth reiterating that H5N1 has never behaved like this. Millions of infections in North America combined with what seem to be multiple modes of transmission combined with growing numbers of human infections combined with flu season is a time bomb.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyvx4d1n4vo

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boldlyblue01.bsky.social•60 days ago

So how can it be adequately monitored as it continues to spread & naturally mutate w/ that information relayed to a lay public?

brownecfm.bsky.social•59 days ago

The level of surveillance needs to be ramped up considerably at this point.

springrainbloom.bsky.social•60 days ago

Fingers crossed that people who have grown callous regarding human suffering may still be moved by this. It has been painful and infuriating watching the failures around infectious disease control with Covid, and it is like the only thing learned was how to ignore risk.

jen-jet.bsky.social•60 days ago

The response is still not ready to meet the issue at hand.

gaywad.lol•59 days ago

i think nature is telling us to leave tbh. maybe we should take the hint

vanessasarges.bsky.social•59 days ago

This is caused by animal agriculture and, until people stop looking at ways to deny that, it will continue to happen over and over and over again.
Regardless of what livestock species - animal agriculture is one pandemic after another waiting to happen.

nann3rs.bsky.social•45 days ago

I live near this sanctuary. A friend of my coworker is the USDA officer who had to euthanize all the cats - infected or not, as this infection is so highly contagious. These are hushed incidents found on the back pages. A neighborhood dairy stock was eliminated as well.

wileykit.bsky.social•55 days ago

Can't even get a flu vaccine. For some reason they all sold out in Octobr in Cambridge. There one year I thought maybe I should have it.

erdoc.bsky.social•60 days ago

I can't believe Trump's going to be in office when the next pandemic hits again

jasfriedman.bsky.social•59 days ago

H5N1 has been bad. It has killed MANY birds, mammals already
It is getting closer and closer to humans and Public Health isnt doing enough
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0900096106#:~:text=Highly%20pathogenic%20H5N1%20influenza%20virus,induce%20neuroinflammation%20and%20neurodegeneration%20%7C%20PNAS

jasfriedman.bsky.social•59 days ago

This is something I would really avoid
See pic

montanahuntress.bsky.social•59 days ago

I was just reading that! Did some research. They have a couple vax in trial that should be ready if we need it. Biden is still president so there is an actual plan at least.

jasfriedman.bsky.social•58 days ago

I am pro vax
Also, ideally we should be trying to mitigate it.
Reduce spread of illness.
Prevention and reduction

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•56 days ago

WHEN (not if) #H5N1 begins to cause mass infections in American pig farms, the resulting re-assortment is unlikely to have an elevated CFR above 30%.
#TexasMooFlu already has a lower CFR and will also evade the current vaccine and immunity. A new vaccine will be needed.
https://bsky.app/profile/realitycheckmarker.bsky.social/post/3lbagw2wonk2s

nixanadoo.com•60 days ago

Oh all of those cats 😿😿😿😿 it's sad as hell along with being terrifying.

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