"Mark McAfee, founder of Fresno’s Raw Farm and the Raw Milk Institute, said his phone has been ringing off the hook with 'customers asking for H5N1 milk because they want immunity from it.'"
we live in a world with suicide cults of ignorance
Irony alert: Florida, where leaders think it's great to get #COVID19 to build up your immunity, is taking emergency actions to prevent cattle from being imported with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Apparently, it's healthy for humans to get infections but not for cows. 🙄 #HPAI#H5N1
Because on Apr 12, just 10 days after CDC published "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Animals: Interim Recommendations for Prevention, Monitoring, and Public Health Investigations" that said:
"...should avoid unprotected direct physical contact or close exposure w/sick or dead birds or other animals, carcasses, feces,
milk
or litter from sick birds or other animals potentially infected or confirmed to be infected w/ HPAI A(#H5N1) virus."
@justyourluck If 20% of the US milk supply has #H5N1, then we've already effectively done the study, because we don't have a human #AvianFlu pandemic. We would, if it were possible for pasteurized milk to be a significant vector.
Also, we’ve known for decades that pasteurization effectively kills influenza viruses. Pasteurization degrades both the protein capsules protecting viruses and their genetic material. What is in milk after pasteurization are fragments, not whole viruses.
“two Texas Tech scientists found that dust blown from feedlots contained antibiotic-resistant bacteria, TCFA allegedly went on the warpath against the scientists, first by urging them not to discuss the research and then by trying to get them fired, Texas Monthly reported”
"Raw milk enthusiasts are doubling down on the claimed benefits and safety of their favorite elixir, and say the government warnings are nothing more than “fearmongering.”" 🙄 #h5n1#hpai#birdflu#milk
👀 "Mark McAfee, founder of Fresno’s Raw Farm and the Raw Milk Institute, said his phone has been ringing off the hook with “customers asking for H5N1 milk because they want immunity from it.”" #h5n1#hpai#birdflu#milk
With #H5N1#birdflu spreading amongst dairy cows, one of the most important things to think about right now is what would need to happen for this virus to actually start a pandemic.
I'm on a train, so a brief thread...
#BirdFlu#H5N1#PublicHealth: "Over the past four years, a silent pandemic has been raging. One in which the death toll is believed to number in the hundreds of millions, but which has received remarkably little attention until now.
The pandemic in question is bird flu, the H5N1 strain of influenza, which since 2020 has moved far beyond the avian world and into mammals ranging from dairy cattle to domestic pets, and species that live on our doorsteps, such as foxes. The virus’s presence has been detected on every continent, even Antarctica. While it has yet to evolve the capability of spreading between humans, alarm bells were raised last month after a dairy farm worker in Texas contracted H5N1, seemingly from cattle.
It would appear to be the first known case of bird flu jumping to humans from another mammal. “There is increasing concern at the scientific and public health levels,” says Dr Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic’s vaccine research group, who has previously compared the rising infection rates among animals to “the rumbles prior to an earthquake”."
I wonder what is going on with the #BirdsArentReal insta account. They have changed their account profile to Birds Are Real and have recently posted “Hey all— we were just joking around. Birds are real, and their existence is one of the many miracles of our universe.”. I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent fear of #H5N1 ?
In the U.S, at least 23 cats have been infected with H5N1 bird flu & 10 have died. Cats are believed to be highly vulnerable to this strain of bird flu. Don’t let your cats drink unpasteurized milk!:)
"Bird flu had been circulating in dairy cows for at least 4 months before it was detected. The USG cannot afford to repeat the mistakes made at the onset of the COVID pandemic.
The US Gov should incentivize farmers to test their livestock, environment & ppl working in proximity. Without major incentives - esp. FIN so farmers don't fear for their livelihood if #H5N1 is detected, we have no chance of success." https://time.com/6976402/bird-flu-next-pandemic-testing/