Avian flu - US way behind

[Tradd]

Guess we didn’t learn anything from Covid. Good article.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/...other-pandemic

[KayLR]

There's a big cat sanctuary nearby which just lost 20 cats due to avian flu. Bobcats, cougars, and a half-Bengal tiger.

[Tradd]

There's a big cat sanctuary nearby which just lost 20 cats due to avian flu. Bobcats, cougars, and a half-Bengal tiger.

Yes, I read about that yesterday. Cats are especially susceptible to this.

[catherine]

I've been watching the local news and there was a segment on bird flu here in VT--mainly affecting fowl.

[pinkytoe]

I have found two dead crows in the yard in the past few months. As if they just fell from the sky.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Creepy. I just found a dead pigeon in my yard a few days ago. Rob

[bae]

My county’s Public Health Officer is coordinating with my agency, to prepare for this. The situation, in this region, looks “interesting”, and we’re planning accordingly. Then again, low-frequency/high-risk events are sort of what we do.

[Rogar]

I find the timing a little disturbing as the next regime in charge plans cut backs in the NIH and CDC. At the present it's unlikely to be a threat to people, but it's already disrupting the intensive culture of industrial live stocks.

[Tradd]

I find the timing a little disturbing as the next regime in charge plans cut backs in the NIH and CDC. At the present it's unlikely to be a threat to people, but it's already disrupting the intensive culture of industrial live stocks.

Did you read the article I posted? Farmers, who often vote GOP, are refusing to let USDA officials on their farms to test cows. I hang out elsewhere on line where there are lots of GOP voters and they’re not trusting the CDC at all on bird flu due to covid. Forget that bird flu has been around for ages. This is a problem.

[Tradd]

It’s to the point now that Covid deniers are attacking anyone who expresses concern about the bird flu.