"Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Expected"
The final push toward a new Pundemuck. One $cientist at a time.
After suiting up in full-body suits, the $cientists rejoice! A new gravy train is pulling into the station! Full employment and bonuses to everyone! Death to infidels! “First U.S. H5N1 Death Sparks Urgency: Scientists Warn That Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Expected” (SciTechDaily, 2025.01.19):
Bad news: Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) have identified a strain of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas that carries a distinctive set of mutations, making it more adept at replicating in human cells and causing severe disease in mice. This strain was compared to one found in dairy cattle, and the findings are detailed in Emerging Microbes & Infections.
Good news: Current approved antiviral treatments remain effective against this strain.
Is is just me, or do the esteemed $cientists look like complete morons? I mean, if reading faces ever was worth anything? And couldn’t they at least shave for the photo session? Or too busy saving Humanity?
“A key priority will be to eradicate bird flu from dairy cows to minimize the risk of mutations and transmission to people and other species,” Dr. Elsayed said. “Steps that can be taken now include thorough decontamination of milking equipment and more stringent quarantine requirements, which will help eliminate the virus more quickly in cows.”
No one told the esteemed scientists that H5N1 is endemic for years in the wildlife bird species, as the BBC reported almost a year ago:
H5N1 timeline
1996: detected in poultry in Guangdong, China
1997: first human deaths in Hong Kong
2005: Spilled over into wild birds in a major way. New strains emerge.
2020: A strain emerges that can sustain in wild bird populations year-round
2020-22: Becomes endemic in wild bird populations
2021: Arrives in North America
2022: Detected in South America
2024: Confirmed in Antarctica
October 2024: Confirmed in pigs in Oregon, the US
December 2024: First severe case in humans in the US
According to none other than Gavi (Aug. 2024):
H5N1 has not petered out between spring and fall migrations, like avian flu normally does. It’s now endemic in Europe and North America. When that happened, “people began worrying that it’s not going to go away anymore.”
Probably, the esteemed $cientists are not familiar with the meaning of the word “endemic”?
Endemic means a disease that is always present in a population within a geographic area, typically year-round.
Good luck “eradicating”! Oh, $cience, how low have you fallen!
Fool us once, shame on them. Fool us twice, shame on us ! Not being completely fooled the first time, this here won't scare us. We know Scam when we see one. $$$cientists my A$$
If only there were a Mrna vax in the pipeline to save us. Preferably an experimental one with anonymous approval of the regulatory agencies. At this stage a vax that only killed three or four mice ( no longer requiring a robust 8) in clinical trials would seem to do the trick.