Scientists are on alert for signs the virus is adapting to spread more easily among humans, after the WHO announced the death from April
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said a man’s death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human.
The WHO said Wednesday it wasn’t clear how the person became infected. “Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, A(H5N2) viruses have been reported in poultry in Mexico,” WHO said in a statement.
Scientists are on alert for changes in the virus that could signal that bird flu is adapting to spread more easily among humans.
Pre covid I remember bird flu and swine flu outbreaks, it’s nowhere near the same monster and there’s a reason this ones been progressing slowly and mostly only to those with daily prolonged contact to it. Keep an eye on it sure but it looks like more than most laypeople will be spared any huge problems.
Oh good, a sequel. Just what we need.
Scientists are on alert for changes in the virus that could signal that bird flu is adapting to spread more easily among humans.
I should certainly hope so. I wonder if I should buy an extra package of toilet paper on my next grocery run.
Ketchup too, for some reason
Better to eat the shoe leather with.
During the panic buying days, my local grocer was sold out of all canned food except hominy.
Because people would rather starve than eat hominy.
Here we go!
Texas Moo Flu is going international!
Well it mootated so knowing humans, probably?
Mexico man?
He was previously sick, for weeks, and he wasn’t even known to have been around something to have infected him. All the stuff that we most want to know isn’t currently known about this story. Don’t overreact.:-)
It’s very common to drink raw milk in Mexico so it’s possible it was contracted through there.
That kinda surprises me. A quick look reveals that it seems to be for similar reasons as is being done in the USA - as in, you cannot sell it that way, but ranchers on the farm do it for tradition and a tough guy act to appear strong. Well, it did not help this guy:-(.
From my experience it’s because pasteurized milk used to be way less common and very expensive. People in the older generation preferred the taste of raw milk too.
Not having been around something that would obviously infect him is a very, very bad thing.
Therefore it leaves open the fundamental question: can this strain of influenza infect a human with a fully-functioning or even healthy immune system?
He seems like an outlier, not “necessarily” the start of a trend.
But I am no doctor, and it’s just a thought.
Or, like covid, can you be asymptomatic and spread it like a mofo?
Unknown… but I guess we’ll find out!
(Likely not soon though b/c this isn’t the flu season)
…sounds familiar…
This is what we were told right before COVID, and, well, everyone knows how that turned out
Oh boy.
Mask up, boys! Shits about to get wild!
I NEED TOILET PAPER NOW!!1!