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This is concerning, but not worth panicking about yet. The person had direct contact with infected birds, so there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission
by biofox 2y ago
This is concerning, but not worth panicking about yet. The person had direct contact with infected birds, so there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
For those wanting to learn more about bird flu, and flu in general, I highly recommend the recent Scott Alexander post:
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/h5n1-much-more-than-you-wanted-to https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/h5n1-much-more-than-you-wan...
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- krunck 2y agoThanks. Excellent article. This made me laugh: "If reassortment is sort of like viral sex, pigs are sort of like Tinder."
- xmddmx 2y agoThe person who got infected in Canada came very close to dying. They were on ECMO for a while. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2415890 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2415890
- timr 2y ago> 13-year-old girl with a history of mild asthma and an elevated body-mass index of greater than 35 Essential context. That's the equivalent of a 5'4" (163cm) woman at >=205 lbs (93kg).
- locopati 2y ago[dead]
- wmf 2y agoThere's already a (regular) flu outbreak in Louisiana and people are probably dying from it but it's not considered newsworthy because people die from flu every year.
- timr 2y agoPlease don't speculate. We know what serotypes are circulating in humans, and they're not this type.
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- NewJazz 2y agoThis is something to worry about if you have a backyard flock.
- bee_rider 2y agoIs there a large non-worried population posting from somewhere without access to, uh, the sky?
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoThis article is great - enlightening and quit funny: > Pigs can be infected by both human and bird viruses, so they are a common place for this reassortment to take place. If reassortment is sort of like viral sex, pigs are sort of like Tinder.