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C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People

www.nytimes.com CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

What's going on here is that they're not allowed to publish data about actual issues under the Trump/Musk coup rules, because that might benefit regular folks instead of billionaires.

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1w ago

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People

www.nytimes.com /2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html

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- It's infecting housecats too.
- If you had read the article you would know that they are talking about two instances with house cats and their owners. House cats appear to be highly susceptible to this strain of H5N1 and it is highly lethal to them. If a new strain has appeared that can spread from people to cats and from cats to people, that is a very, very bad thing.
  People who let their cats go outside would be as serious risk because cats can easily catch it from wild birds and then infect their owners. And every single human who catches the virus is a billion rolls of the dice for the virus to further mutate to spread from human to human.
  
  Birds dying to HPAI are very easy to catch too, so even the Garfield's out there can be exposed. I had a red tailed hawk crash out in my backyard and it was dead 24 hours later. I put it into a box (after it crashed and didn't move for 20 mins) but no rehab would take it, because there is nothing that can be done to help them.
  
  Your denial of health facts, in a thread about a government hiding health facts, got you off to a bad start with people.
- Housecats absolutely slaughter bird populations on the daily.
  
  Not my Mittens, he's a good boy!
  
  Not my Mittens, cause I keep that fucker inside!
  
  I would imagine Mittens rules the inside with a Velvet Paw.
  
  Wonder if you can you rent a bunch of them on a temporary basis? Invasive european starlings have overtaken my neighborhood and pushed a lot of native species out. Not only would that help the problem; it would be fucking adorable.
  Like buying ladybugs for your garden; you just crack open a crate of cats.
  
  I don't think you understand the situation. The cats can spread the disease to humans. My dog found a birds wing from somewhere and brought it into the house. That was 3 weeks ago, so I assume we're good. But the point is that pets bring this disease closer to humans, making it more likely to go H2H as it progresses. Having more cats interacting with birds makes the spread more likely, not less.
  
  Obviously the rent-a-cats would be vaccinated.
  
  There are currently no vaccines for avian influenza. Your cat in the box may have to wait for science to catch up
  
  Also, the US government will do everything it can to obstruct research into vaccines or the distribution of vaccines, and they will oppose all other health measures to combat this disease too. I hope sane governments elswehere are on this.
  
  There are cats and European starlings everywhere, extra cats will only hurt the situation. It would be basically impossible to remove starlings at a neighborhood level. Just plant more wild flowers and put up nest boxes starlings can't use, or put up bird feeders if you really want to see other birds.

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