7mo ago

Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human infection in US, CDC says

www.theguardian.com

Summary

The CDC identified rare mutations in the bird flu virus from the first severe U.S. human case, found in a Louisiana resident over 65 with severe respiratory illness.

The mutations, located in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene responsible for cell attachment, differ from those in local backyard flock samples and align with severe cases seen abroad.

The patient was infected with the D1.1 genotype, recently found in U.S. wild birds and poultry, not the B3.13 genotype seen in humans and livestock elsewhere.

The CDC states no person-to-person transmission occurred, and public risk remains low.

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Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human infection in US, CDC says

www.theguardian.com /world/2024/dec/26/bird-flu-virus-mutations

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Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human infection in US, CDC says

www.theguardian.com /world/2024/dec/26/bird-flu-virus-mutations

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We've had one Trump pandemic, but what about second Trump pandemic?
- At least this one's kicking off right as he's about to start, instead of 2.5 years into his presidency.
  Now we can only hope if it gets out of hand like last time, he'll be just as stupid and catch it again. And not go to the ER.
  
  Bird flu is a lot more deadly, a death sentence for someone his age and (lack of) fitness.
We should have culled all these cows, and kept culling them until nobody and nothing tested positive. And done it all a year ago. But apparently that was too hard, and now it's really just luck whether this becomes the next global catastrophe.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-america-lost-control-of-the-bird-flu-and-raised-the-risk-of-another-pandemic
- We should have vaccinated our poultry flocks instead of letting it proliferate for decades. But we had to protect our export market.
  Its in the wild populations so heavily now there is not stopping it with culls of any animal species.
  
  It has been in wild birds world wide for years now. The birds having bird flu is not an American problem. The cows somehow all having bird flu is all yours though. Thankfully cows don't fly and don't migrate long distances.
- not too hard, it's just less profits now for the animal owners and more profits later for pharma and big tech.
Soon RFK will be in charge of the CDC, then you won’t hear about any of these so-called reports.
Yes we Already had one bird flu but how about second bird flu?
- The first was bat flu.
  
  O I thought this a mutation of the current bird flu.
Rare mutations sure must be pretty common if I’ve heard this phrase so often.
- Rare becomes likely if you roll the dice often enough.
  
  Exactly. Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary
  Basically a coin flip sounds about right. I’ll call it coinflu
This thing is on the way, dammit. I've been seeing a lot of reports on its spread, where they say the udders of cows have receptors for both human and bird flus, and if both are present they can exchange genes and mutate a lot. Only a matter of time for human to human. And it'll likely be a lot more deadly than COVID. 😢
- Yeah, something like this is pretty much inevitable. We have large, dense populations of humans living in close proximity with animals. Stuff of going to jump the species gap, and yeah it'll probably be much worse than COVID, which was not that severe in terms of death rates.
Ah good, I really could use another two years of working from home.
Nothing to see here. Back to work, everyone! Just eat some horse tranqs and wash it down with some bleach and you’ll be strong as an ox.
Americans, probably

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