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Confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial& Backyard Flocks (usda.gov)
14 points by ljf on July 18, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


It’s my understanding that transmission to humans has been observed but transmission between humans has not. If that changes we’re all going to want to take notice.


Totally this - one of my concern about the current outbreak is that this outbreak is in prisoners, so men who are kept in closer than normal quarters, increasing the risk of a person to person transmission taking hold.

Hopeful that this fizzles out and we can worry about something else next year, but there seems like a good chance that we are now just waiting for this to spread between humans, and it appears bird flu is going no-where.


Includes an interactive map by state, selectable for commercial and backyard flocks. Worth bookmarking if you have birds.




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