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TexasTowelie

(112,456 posts) Sun Mar 12, 2023, 09:33 AM Mar 2023

WHO monitoring H5N1 virus in mammals very closely - CNA

The largest recorded outbreak of bird flu is wreaking havoc worldwide. The spread has been largely limited to birds in the last two years. But a new strain of H5N1 has recently started taking down mammals. With the COVID-19 pandemic still front and centre, this viral outbreak is raising fears of another zoonotic disease, jumping to humans from animals.

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WHO monitoring H5N1 virus in mammals very closely - CNA (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2023 OP

Factory farming Bayard Mar 2023 #1

Am I the only one who thinks of Abbott and Costello when a headline starts with WHO? friend of a friend Mar 2023 #2

Bayard

(22,168 posts)

1. Factory farming

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 12, 2023, 10:50 AM

Mar 2023

Where you stuff a bunch of animals in together is bound to invite contagion and easy transmission. I bet you don't see much of it in wild mink.

friend of a friend

(367 posts)

2. Am I the only one who thinks of Abbott and Costello when a headline starts with WHO?