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Bird flu detected in SF, first city in California to report in wastewater
- reify 2y ago[flagged]
- CodeWriter23 2y ago[flagged]
- consumer451 2y agoRelated article, not sure I agree with the headline yet, but the author is a virologist. "Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/opinion/bird-flu-case-respiratory.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/opinion/bird-flu-case-res... https://archive.is/FOwz4 https://archive.is/FOwz4
- jschveibinz 2y ago"The San Francisco public health department found two cases of H5N1 avian flu at a live poultry market and DNA traces in wastewater, but there are no signs of public exposure or illness. Two chickens at a live bird market in San Francisco tested positive for H5N1 avian flu last month, authorities announced Monday." --Summary from Google
- mrdomino_ 2y agoVinay Gupta was particularly worried about H5N1 back in 2008: http://guptaoption.com/6.SPRS.php http://guptaoption.com/6.SPRS.php https://archive.is/sCs8R https://archive.is/sCs8R The tldr is that Spanish Flu had an extremely high case fatality rate (50–85%) in isolated communities that had no resistance to it, and that no human communities have any resistance to H5N1 (because it's never infected humans before.) So if it ever does make the jump and become significantly contagious, it could be very bad news — possibly as bad as "half the population of the planet dies" bad news.
- oldpersonintx 2y ago[dead]