Jotham Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 I'm not very knowledgeable about this topic but I was wondering how worried we should be about this? The CDC says the risk is low but I'm seeing a lot of people becoming concerned that the mutations could make it more transmissible to humans.
Antonini Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 3 hours ago, Jotham said: I'm not very knowledgeable about this topic but I was wondering how worried we should be about this? The CDC says the risk is low but I'm seeing a lot of people becoming concerned that the mutations could make it more transmissible to humans. Everybody's got the flu rn and Im sure someone has the Bird Flu without realizing it...it's gonna happen.
katykater Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 On 12/27/2024 at 9:34 PM, Jotham said: I'm not very knowledgeable about this topic but I was wondering how worried we should be about this? The CDC says the risk is low but I'm seeing a lot of people becoming concerned that the mutations could make it more transmissible to humans. Quote Between 21 September and 11 December 2024, 56 new human cases with avian influenza virus infection were reported from North America (45 A(H5N1) cases), Vietnam (one A(H5)) and China (ten A(H9N2) cases). Most of the A(H5) human cases in North America (95.6%, n = 43/45) had reported exposure to poultry, live poultry markets, or dairy cattle prior to avian influenza virus detection or onset of illness. Human infections with avian influenza viruses remain rare and no evidence of human-to-human transmission has been documented in the reporting period. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/avian-influenza-overview-september-december-2024 At this moment the risk is low. 43 of 45 human cases in the US are people with exposure to poultry, live poultry markets, or dairy cattle. No evidence of human-to-human transmission so far. Viruses keep mutating and might become more effective at spreading among people. 2
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