Speaking at a briefing, virus researchers said the H5N1 strain of bird flu may now begetting'dangerously close' to triggering a pandemic.
Multiple cases of the infection in a variety of mammals, including cows, cats and, more recently, humans, are all raising the risk of the virus mutating to become more transmissible, they said.
The panel was quickly convened off the heels of news that a dairy farm worker in Texas tested positive for the virus, alongside 12 herds of cows in six states and three cats also in Texas that subsequently died.
Testing done on the worker showed the patient's virus had already mutated to spread more easily — although the CDC said this mutation had been recorded before, that the risk was low and that there was no sign of human-to-human transmission.
The below shows cases of H5N1 in people by country from the year 1997. The virus underwent a major change in 2020 when a wild and domestic version combined [I fail to observe any dramatic developments since 2016, but that’s just me, right?]:
The White House press secretary said today, when asked about the US bird flu outbreak: 'This is something we are certainly monitoring. 'We have been, the CDC has been working and focusing on this. 'We take the health and safety of the American people seriously. It is very important to this President. Our top priority is to keep communities healthy, safe and informed.'
I don’t know about any virus, but I know for a fact WHO’s gonna trigger the next pandemic - the WHO’s Tedros, that’s WHO. Oh, he just did!
And I’m so happy the White House and the CDC are keeping their priorities straight!
I want to see them try and launch the Covid 2.0 Hunger Games in 2024. They already have “vaccines”!
the moment you write The Experts, I go back to my puzzle...
haha... 10 second mark - big ass PFIZER logo... https://t.me/downtherabbitholewegofolks/92692