news California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu

[XDNA]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of bird flu among the state's diary cattle constituted an emergency, a stark acknowledgment of the increasing seriousness of the contagion's spread.

California was not among the first states to detect the bird flu virus, H5N1, in dairy cattle. But since the first identification of an infected herd in late August, the state's agriculture department has found the virus in 645 dairies, about half of them in the last 30 days alone.

The announcement follows news that an individual in Louisiana has been hospitalized with bird flu, the first severe case of infection identified so far in the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also confirmed H5N1 infection in 61 people, and indicated another seven as "probable" cases.

Only 37 of the 61 cases have been traced to interaction with infected cattle; the remaining are attributed either to exposure to diseased poultry, or are of unknown origin.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/bird-flu-emergency-california.html

 

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[JonginBey]

[Rico Shameless v2]

No worries, Kennedy will eradicate it for us.

[XIAN]

raw milk enthusiast need to be jailed immediately

[GraceRandolph]

Time to move away from dairy milk. 

[MoonGoodandHappy]

[jadeabove]

Yah, that **** is scary.

[XAMJ]

Avian flu is no joke, I have been following H5N1 for the last 2 years and its out of control within agricultural farms. 

 

once it jumps human to human we are soooooooo screwed.

 

thank you gavin for having COMMON sense but the MAGA community is already spiraling 

[Breathe On Moi]

1 hour ago, Rico Shameless v2 said:

No worries, Kennedy will eradicate it for us.

[Tropez]

Trump presidency, flu virus coming back, Iran sending threats to the US. 
 

Welcome back 2020. 

[JustHoran]

We really are doomed. I'm not sure I can go through another pandemic and this could be really bad because we are about to have Trump again  He's not going to take any of this seriously. Gavin is doing the smart thing.

[Onyxmage]

let me stock up on silk milk real quick.