Avian Flu Jumps to Mammals (Update: continued evolution to human illness) (3 Viewers)

[Eeyore]

I literally just caught COVID for the first time today.

I don’t have time for this.

Are you still alive?

 

[brandon8283]

Are you still alive?

Yea, hanging in there. Mostly just a lot of mucus. Not too bad.

 

[Eeyore]

More informative than most.

Man Dies After H5N2 Bird Flu Infection. Here’s How It Differs From H5N1

What you need to know to understand H5N1, H5N2 and the different strains of flu circulating now, and what the government should be doing to control the risk to people.

www.forbes.com

 

[Eeyore]

It's more appetizing to call it "chicken salad."

Is Chicken Feces Behind The Bird Flu Outbreaks In Cows? Here’s What To Know.

Forbes Bird flu outbreaks have affected 34 dairy cow herds across nine states, causing some to question whether the use of contaminated poultry litter as cow feed may be the source of transmission,…

www.unmc.edu

 

[Eeyore]

Yea, hanging in there. Mostly just a lot of mucus. Not too bad.

Status report?

 

[Goatman Saint]

It's more appetizing to call it "chicken salad."

Is Chicken Feces Behind The Bird Flu Outbreaks In Cows? Here’s What To Know.

Forbes Bird flu outbreaks have affected 34 dairy cow herds across nine states, causing some to question whether the use of contaminated poultry litter as cow feed may be the source of transmission,…

www.unmc.edu

I have a great idea. How about not feeding one food source the feces of another?

 

[brandon8283]

Status report?

Feeling good. I’d say I’m 95% back. Was pretty mild all around. Thanks for checking up.

 

[Eeyore]

I have a great idea. How about not feeding one food source the feces of another?

Where's the profit in that?

 

[Eeyore]

Feeling good. I’d say I’m 95% back. Was pretty mild all around. Thanks for checking up.

I assume that you're slightly more entertaining alive

 

[Eeyore]

Sometimes, events happen that make me question my belief that everything is just a figment of my imagination and that things get worse as my health spirals.

I don't know that I would have imagined this but who knows? I've had some crazy dreams in the past.

I would not have imagined that the flu could turn an animal's brain into a "semi-fluid."

Polish ferret autopsy. Died from avian flu.

Natural Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A/H5N1 Virus in Pet Ferrets

The study involved five ferrets from one household in Poland, comprising three sick 9-week-old juveniles, their healthy mother, and another clinically normal adult, admitted to the veterinary clinic in June 2023. The juvenile ferrets displayed significant lethargy and a pronounced unwillingness...

www.mdpi.com

" the cats became sick on March 17, and several cats died in a cluster during March 19–20. In total, >50% of the cats at that dairy became ill and died. "

The cats had been drinking raw milk from the infected cows. 50% death rate. Only ~15% in cows.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infection in Domestic Dairy Cattle and Cats, United States, 2024

Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Dairy Cattle and Cats

wwwnc.cdc.gov

 

[Goatman Saint]

I said it way back in the beginning. When this makes that crucial jump it’s going to be very very ugly

 

[Sun Wukong]

For what it's worth, Mexico is saying the patient that died died because of numerous other underlying health issues and not the bird flu. Died with it, not of it in other words.

 

[DaveXA]

Where's the profit in that?

Cheap sheet.

 

[Eeyore]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[Sailorsaint]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Run off? Contaminated ground water?