A lot of people are freaking out about this but bird flu still doesn't appear to be spreading person-to-person. All of the human cases have had direct, prolonged exposure to animals.
It's worth keeping an eye on, but it's not inevitably becoming the next pandemic.
It's worth keeping an eye on, but it's not inevitably becoming the next pandemic.
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Phil Lewis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the United States: A patient hospitalized in Louisiana
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https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/homegarden/baltimoreans-embrace-backyard-chicken-raising-trend/
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/canadian-probe-teens-critical-h5n1-infection-finds-no-clear-source
(We also don't know what happened to them ... they were in critical condition)
what about the Missouri case?
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/missouri-h5n1-serology-testing.html
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HLTH0155-001601
USDA is doing a garbage job.
Birds migrate. Over 2 years ago the spring migration brought bird flu to my county.
Basic infection control went out the window.
Mask bans.
It's a global problem and there are different types.
Infections are under reportef
"Limited and sporadic human infections with avian influenza H5N1 virus, where animal exposure was not identified, are very uncommon but _have_ occurred, _primarily_ in countries other than the United States"
-- CDC 22/11.
https://kucharski.substack.com/p/h5n1-influenza-some-troubling-preliminary
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDP9Ch8SlMC/?igsh=MXVpbGRzMGpnamh0ag==