Genius1111 Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) As of now, there are no cases of human-to-human transmission. Also, a friendly reminder that H5N1 has been around for decades. This thread is used to mainly post updates, since there has been greater coverage in 2023 in mainstream media. Edited August 15 by Genius1111
Genius1111 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) Unless you work in a farm or work in the agricultural department/ministry, there's not much for the GP to do except to avoid sick/dead animals. I guess there isn't that much to discuss so I will just post updates when I am free. Edited May 17, 2023 by Genius1111
KFC Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 Some tests should be run so this can stop! In all seriousness, the fear mongering by the usual media outlets had me a little bit worried ngl Hopefully they manage to get this under control, agriculture workers must be very scared atm. thanks for the update @Genius1111 1
mylicious Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 according to ATRL there is a new outbreak of a virus every month, no real mainstream media coverage, give it up deelishes 1
Genius1111 Posted May 24, 2023 Author Posted May 24, 2023 This is what happens when you get rid of a trashy president.
Genius1111 Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 It was found near Utqiagvik, one of the northernmost communities in Alaska, two years after this latest strain was detected in North America. Gerlach said it was likely the bear was scavenging on the carcasses of infected birds. Polar bears are listed as “vulnerable” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of endangered species, mainly due to the loss of sea ice. It is possible that more bears have died unnoticed as they tend to live in remote places with few people, said Gerlach. “You’re really dependent on the public that’s out there, or the wildlife biologists that are doing surveillance,” he said. The current outbreak of the highly infectious variant of H5N1 – which started in 2021 – is estimated to have killed millions of wild birds. Globally, thousands of mammals have also died of the virus, including black bears and brown bears. Bald eagles, foxes and kittiwakes are among the species to have died of the virus in Alaska in recent months. “It’s been in Antarctica and now it’s in the high Arctic in mammals – it’s horrifying,” Diana Bell, emeritus professor of conservation biology at the University of East Anglia, told the Guardian.
Genius1111 Posted April 20 Author Posted April 20 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/h5n1-strain-bird-flu-found-raw-milk-infected-animals-who-4278491 H5N1 strain of bird flu found in raw milk from infected animals: WHO Cows and goats joined the list last month - a surprising development for experts because they were not thought to be susceptible to this type of influenza. US authorities earlier this month said a person working on a dairy farm in Texas was recovering from bird flu after being exposed to cattle. "The case in Texas is the first case of a human infected by avian influenza by a cow," said Wenqing Zhang, head of the global influenza programme at the World Health Organization. "Bird-to-cow, cow-to-cow and cow-to-bird transmission have also been registered during these current outbreaks, which suggest that the virus may have found other routes of transition than we previously understood," she told a media briefing in Geneva. ... "For this particular H5N1 virus detected in dairy cows, there are a couple of candidate vaccine viruses available." In the case of a pandemic, there are close to 20 influenza vaccines licensed for pandemic use and they could be tailored with the specific virus strain in circulation, she said.
Genius1111 Posted May 8 Author Posted May 8 21 hours ago, Espresso said: 16 hours ago, Espresso said: 16 hours ago, Espresso said:
Genius1111 Posted May 15 Author Posted May 15 https://gizmodo.com/raw-milk-sales-up-bird-flu-h5n1-tiktok-usda-cdc-fda-1851476916 Raw Milk Sales Skyrocket as Idiots Believe Drinking Bird Flu Will Give Them 'Immunity' Pasteurization kills H5N1, but raw milk has "high concentrations" of the virus. Please don't drink raw milk. @Espresso
Vermillion Posted May 22 Posted May 22 On 5/15/2024 at 11:54 AM, Genius1111 said: https://gizmodo.com/raw-milk-sales-up-bird-flu-h5n1-tiktok-usda-cdc-fda-1851476916 Raw Milk Sales Skyrocket as Idiots Believe Drinking Bird Flu Will Give Them 'Immunity' Pasteurization kills H5N1, but raw milk has "high concentrations" of the virus. Please don't drink raw milk. @Espresso
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