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>>> USDA reports that affected dairy cows do not appear to be transmitting the virus to other cattle within the same herd. Familiar words to announce the start
by analog31 3y ago
>>> USDA reports that affected dairy cows do not appear to be transmitting the virus to other cattle within the same herd.
Familiar words to announce the start of a pandemic.
- smt88 3y agoWhat's an example of a pandemic that started with those words?
- renewiltord 3y agohttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cause-of-wuhans-mysterious-pneumonia-cases-still-unknown-chinese-officials-say/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cause-of-wuhans-m... > JANUARY 6, 2020 > Cause of Wuhan’s Mysterious Pneumonia Cases Still Unknown, Chinese Officials Say > The virus has sickened 59 people so far but does not appear to be transmitting among humans
- smt88 3y agoNot the same. The article is about a non-human disease that hasn't mutated significantly and isn't transmitting between cows. No humans are sick with this, and it will need to evolve substantially before any could be.
- LarsDu88 3y agoThere's just one more evolution jump to get rampant mammal to mammal transmission
- colechristensen 3y agoShould scientists lie to meet your gut instincts? Viruses that transmit between different species and not individuals in the same species are a thing. Sometimes they evolve to spread in the new host species, sometimes not.