H5N1 Bird Flu Pandemic: Several H5N1 infections have been found in various mammals, including cows, cats, and humans. Due to this, scientists started research on the virus. This virus is spreading more easily between humans.
What is H5N1 Bird Flu?
The world has still not recovered from the Corona epidemic that has wreaked havoc across the world since the beginning of 2020. Meanwhile, scientists have started warning of another epidemic. Experts are sounding alarm over the possibility of a bird flu pandemic. He says that this epidemic can be more devastating than the Covid-19 crisis. The H5N1 strain of bird flu can pose the most serious threat. Scientists researching the virus have indicated that H5N1 could trigger a global pandemic. It is getting "dangerously close".
Several H5N1 infections have been found in various mammals, including cows, cats, and humans. Due to this, scientists started research on the virus. This virus is spreading more easily between humans. Concern has been raised about the virus's mutation. A report in Daily Mail said that this development has come to light at a time when a person working on a dairy farm in the American state of Texas was found positive for the H5N1 virus. The report said that the patient had direct contact with dairy cattle in Texas, due to which he is suspected to be infected with bird flu. He is currently undergoing antiviral treatment and is recovering. This is the second case of a person testing positive for influenza A (H5N1) in the US, following a 2022 case in Colorado.
Virus spread in animals in America
Additionally, infections were reported in 12 herds of cows in six US states and three cats in Texas, which died due to the virus. The largest producer of fresh eggs in the US has temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens. Officials also say that the virus was found in a Michigan poultry facility. In Texas, Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods Inc. said in a statement Tuesday that about 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 chicks in Parmer County, Texas, were destroyed after they were found to be infected with avian influenza. However, the company did note that the eggs have not been recalled and that there is no risk of avian flu from the ones that are already on the market. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, eggs that are properly handled and cooked properly are safe to eat.
Scientists Warn Bird Flu Pandemic Could Be ‘100 Times Worse’ Than COVID-19
— Vigilant News (@VigilantNews) April 5, 2024
Here we go again.
The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the first human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) in the state, linked to contact with infected dairy cows.
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100 times worse than Covid
Leading bird flu researcher Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi warned that we are near the threshold of a potential pandemic caused by H5N1. He emphasized that the virus has already shown its potential. It has already infected mammals, including humans. According to the report, pharmaceutical industry consultant, John Fulton, has also warned about the danger of the virus. He said H5N1 may mutate while maintaining a high mortality rate. This could make it a worse pandemic than Covid-19.
H5N1 Bird Flu mortality rate 52 percent?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given a shocking estimate of the mortality rate due to H5N1 based on data collected since 2003. It said the mortality rate from the virus could be as high as 52 percent. In contrast, the mortality rate of Covid-19 is much lower. Recent cases since 2020 show that about 30 percent of individuals infected with the new strain of H5N1 have died. As events develop, the White House and medical professionals are advocating for heightened awareness and readiness. The public was reassured by the White House Press Secretary that the health and safety of Americans are of the utmost importance and that steps are being taken to monitor and control the avian flu spread.
Here we go again. Plandemic part two. Remember when WHO's Tedros says we "must prepare" for a potential H5N1 human bird flu pandemic…
— Marc 🇺🇸 (@gopher_marc) April 1, 2024
They would never mutate it and made more virulent in the lab & then "accidentally" release it into large populations 🙄
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What the hell is the H5N1 virus?
Avian influenza H5N1 (HPAI H5N1) is a highly pathogenic strain. It is also known as bird flu, which has killed millions of birds and an unknown number of mammals, especially during the last three years. This is a breed that emerged in domestic swans in China in 1997 and rapidly spread to humans in Southeast Asia, with a mortality rate of about 40–50%. A research group encountered the virus when it killed a mammal, an endangered Owston's palm civet, in a captive breeding program in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam, in 2005.
It was never determined how the avian flu struck these animals. Since they mostly eat earthworms, unlike many confined tigers in the vicinity, they were not contaminated by eating infectious chicken. This finding led us to compile all verified cases of bird flu infections that resulted in death to determine the extent of the virus's potential harm to wildlife. In 23 countries, 882 instances of H5N1 virus infection in humans were documented between January 1, 2003, and December 21, 2023; 461 (52%) of these cases resulted in death. In Vietnam, China, Cambodia, and Laos, there were more than half of these fatal instances.
