Human case of bird flu detected in Texas after outbreak of virus among cattle
Human case of bird flu detected in Texas after outbreak of virus among cattle
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Human case of bird flu detected in Texas after outbreak of virus among cattle
It's important to recognize this virus is not new and has been circulating the world while being studied for years. Over the past 20 years, less than 900 cases have been identified in humans worldwide, mostly in southeast Asia, and with rare exception it was someone who caught it from an animal but who didn't transmit it to other humans.
While there's always a chance H5N1 could mutate to become more transmissible between humans, right now there's no reason to think that. If it did, god help us. But it hasn't. Yet.
Good thing is that mrna should work on it too. That's one good thing that came out of covid.
The scary part is that it has been spreading between mammals though, most instances have been between sea mammals like seals but now it looks like it’s spreading between other mammals too
So you're saying that if we can get a vaccine made, we may not have to put up with the anti-vaxxers for much longer? What do you want to bet they'll have 'anti-shutdown parties' or something similarly foolish?
So it's going to be a repeat of the Spanish Influenza. Awesome