US Records Its First Human Bird Flu Death (nbcnews.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/07/0036226/us-records-its-first-human-bird-flu-death
- Source link: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/first-human-bird-flu-death-us-louisiana-rcna186466
> The Louisiana Department of Health said the patient had been exposed to a combination of a backyard flock and wild birds. "The Department expresses its deepest condolences to the patient's family and friends as they mourn the loss of their loved one," it said in [2]a statement . "Due to patient confidentiality and respect for the family, this will be the final update about the patient." All but one of the [67] human bird flu infections [3]confirmed so far in the U.S. were diagnosed in the last 10 months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most cases have been relatively mild, with symptoms including pinkeye, coughs or sneezes. The majority of the patients became sick after exposure to infected cattle or poultry. The Louisiana patient was the first case linked to exposure to a backyard flock. [...]
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> The CDC maintains that the immediate risk to public health is low. Public health officials have not found any evidence that the virus has spread person-to-person, which would mark a dire step in bird flu's evolution. "While tragic, a death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with these viruses to cause severe illness and death," the agency said in a statement on Monday. "There are no concerning virologic changes actively spreading in wild birds, poultry, or cows that would raise the risk to human health," the statement added. However, samples of the virus collected from the Louisiana patient showed signs of mutations that could make it more transmissible to humans, according to the agency.
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/first-human-bird-flu-death-us-louisiana-rcna186466
[2] https://ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-death
[3] https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html
Fake news (Score:2)
Birds aren't real.
Re: Fake news (Score:1)
Get the WIV to work on it and they won't be real soon enough....
obligatory (Score:1)
Ah shit, here we go again...
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Nah, I'm sure the discussion here will be reasonable and thoughtful - with zero hyperbole.
Re:obligatory (Score:4, Informative)
Well, at least 1 million people didnt make it out of covid. Those that read this and think "fake news", will be amongst the next million.
You cant teach people who dont want to listen, and when they do want to listen, its too late.
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> Well, at least 1 million people didnt make it out of covid.
You're right. Not only did Covid kill people, it simultaneously cured all influenza infections. Somehow.
Re: obligatory (Score:1)
It's gonna be free from hypervole and so normal, Gauss himself will rise from the dead to personally congratulate us.
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Nah, this is obviously BS.
> "Due to patient confidentiality and respect for the family, this will be the final update about the patient."
We know how the hoaxes are manufactured this time around.
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What further updates are you expecting? The patient died.
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Crying relatives on the news at least. Maybe some TMZ sightings. Ideally a documentary about how they're all Satan worshipping sexual deviants. You know, so we can be sure they're real people and not paid actors.
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Couple of differences. First, H5N1 doesn't support human-to-human transmission, it's always bird to some other animal (like a cow), then humans. Humans can then re-infect the cow, and that cow can infect humans again. Among the avian population though, it's extremely contagious with entire flocks catching it within days.
Of course, we'd prefer to not have transfers so it's generally routine to quarantine to avoid mutations that might make it work cross-species more readily
Second, we do have vaccines right no
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The real question here is what does Joe Rogan think?
All I know is first thing tomorrow I'm stopping at Tractor Supply [1]https://www.tractorsupply.com/... [tractorsupply.com]
[1] https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/durvet-ivermectin-paste-187-608-g
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> The real question here is what does Joe Rogan think?
And the real answer is "who cares?"
Oops, I guess lots of people care what Joe Rogan thinks. They all need to develop better taste in online media.
> All I know is first thing tomorrow I'm stopping at Tractor Supply [1]https://www.tractorsupply.com/... [tractorsupply.com]
Sure. Didn't work for the coronavirus. Lucky this time?
[1] https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/durvet-ivermectin-paste-187-608-g
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> recipe:
> 1. take any death(s) from just about any cause or symptoms. 2. label it . 3. optional. get some academic lackey to write a paper about it. 4. spam media outlets to scare everybody. 5. implement policy x,y,z, that were your goals to begin with. 6. ??? 7. profit.
I think you may need to change your underpants.
Before we freak out... (Score:2)
... TFA says that this bird flu does not (yet) show signs of human-to-human transmission. But stay tuned for news of possible mutations that could transmit thus.
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It's OK, Billy G is hard at work as we speak.
50% fatality rate (Score:1)
some varieties of H1N1 have a 50%T fatality rate.
During Obama's term there was an outbreak in Asia of one of these varieties. If you forgot about it that's because it never really made it over here. It was contained in Asia.
It's just a good thing we didn't elect a president who's already shown he can't protect America from viruses...
Obviously the millions of deaths under Trump (Score:1)
when Kennedy prescribes eating more greens and not using the vaccines under development will be Biden's fault.
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Do they still make iron lungs? If he gets rid the polio vaccine I'm buying stock in iron long manufacturers.
Transmission of Avian Flu to humans is nothing new (Score:1)
Transmission of this virus from birds to humans is uncommon, but it has been going on for a long time. It always had the potential to kill some humans (usually elderly or having other comorbidities or both.
Transmission between cattle is something new and a lot more concerning because we share more characteristics with cows than birds. So far, no known cases of fatal flu transmitted from cattle to humans.
If the flu changes to allow human to human transmission, or so that it is more severe in cattle, you can
H5N1 could be very serious (Score:2)
A 13 year old girl in BC, CA developed a serious case after being infected with H5N1 (they have not been able to identify how she was infected) and was admitted to the ICU after a number of days of misdiagnose - this was back in Nov. 2024 - [1]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada... [www.cbc.ca]. From reports the girl was in good health before the infection.
[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/avian-flu-bc-teen-1.7421512
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Better stock up on those n95 masks especially if you need them for doing actual work.Better go hoard a half decade worth in toilet paper while your at it.
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> Let it rip, it will kill of millions of MAGAT retards, and smart people will protect themselves, its a win for the worlds average IQ!
That average IQ bump didn't seem to help last November.
Re: LOCKDOWN!!!!!!! (Score:1)
Hey look at the bright side: take this time to learn the difference between your and you're!
Re: LOCKDOWN!!!!!!! (Score:2)
Given that his previous MO was to make shots available and move on...I hope to God he doesn't let the lockdowntards steal the show again.
And yes there are flu vaccines and antivirals that are known to work....https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/what-cdc-doing-h5n1.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/what-cdc-doing-h5n1.htm#cdc_generic_section_3-ongoing-laboratory-activities
Remember!!!! (Score:2, Informative)
> I have a feeling Trump won't go the lockdown route this time.
Trump didn't go down the lockdown route last time.
What are you talking about?
Lockdowns were administered locally. Trump *tried* to take control of the lockdowns, but the governors jumped on that with both feet.
You too can remember such things, all it takes is a little practice.
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So in this case you're not cheering for states rights?