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It does not appear to be highly transmissible between mammals. If it mutates, this could change.
by throwaway12245 4y ago
It does not appear to be highly transmissible between mammals. If it mutates, this could change.
- 323 4y agoDon't worry, surely there are some virologists in some lab mapping right now exactly what mutations would make it very transmissible between mammals. So that we are ready and prepared, of course.
- gwern 4y agoUp until a few months ago, it wasn't transmissible between mammals at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H5N1#Mammal-to-mammal_transmission_(2022%E2%80%932023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H5N1... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_that_can_get_H5N1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_that_can_get_H...