But that still means ⬆️ risk of animal to human infection and the even higher risk of human to human infection
i think that remains to be seen, ‘fragments’ might just be what a successful protective measure looks like. do viruses leave ‘fragments’ after other disinfectant treatments?
Well, it wouldn’t be good to put it simply. Bird flu is an Influenza A virus. It could be a blip on the radar as flu season comes around or, as Wikipedia puts it
A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1, is the highly pathogenic causative agent of H5N1 flu, commonly known as avian influenza (“bird flu”). It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, especially in Southeast Asia.
You could end up with a highly pathogenic common cold going around. As I like to think about it, if you’re adapted to a different animal, you’re not calibrated to survive with humans as a host. If you accidentally manage to survive via mutation, then you could do some real damage instead of the mild illness that lets you prolong how long you’re there so you can shed more virus into the environment.
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that fragments of the bird flu virus had been detected in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S.
That’s a key word to leave out of the headline god damn. That would mean pasteurization did its job, whereas the headline implies to me “pasteurization does not kill this virus,” which would be a lot more concerning
According to an FDA study relying on 2016 and 2019 data, 4.4 percent of Americans report consuming raw milk in the past year, although the number has almost certainly grown since then.
I used to live in a rural area with a lot of small farms and there was this loophole where you’d pay a company for partial ownership of a cow, and then they’d deliver raw milk to you. This was their way around laws prohibiting the sale of raw milk, since if you own a cow you’re allowed to drink the milk raw if you want. So yeah unfortunately there’s easy ways to get it if you live near farmers and shit.
Good, I’m sad I’ll never get to see an awesome fallout style future, but at least these based Chads are making me feel like we’re in a future that’s lost the benefits of modern science! Them and the people forgoing vaccines are the closest I’ll get to fallout!
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