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Some other links/thoughts; -Did H5N1 change-more transmissable ? Is it easier for hosts to catch H5N1 from infected birds/droppings etc ? -H5N1 virus may not likely recombine with CoViD but this news [url]https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/south-america/seasonal-flu-2009-2013-1-2-including-h1n1-pandemic-2009-aa/brazil/934118-brazil-health-investigates-deaths-from-hemorrhage-of-patients-with-flu-syndrome-in-camet%C3%A1[/url] or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/south-america/seasonal-flu-2009-2013-1-2-including-h1n1-pandemic-2009-aa/brazil/934118-brazil-health-investigates-deaths-from-hemorrhage-of-patients-with-flu-syndrome-in-camet%C3%A1 - https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/south-america/seasonal-flu-2009-2013-1-2-including-h1n1-pandemic-2009-aa/brazil/934118-brazil-health-investigates-deaths-from-hemorrhage-of-patients-with-flu-syndrome-in-camet%C3%A1 of possible mix of H3N2 with (some form of) CoViD is alarming... [url]https://www.coronaheadsup.com/europe/uk/uk-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu-found-in-south-west-england-h5n1-not-confirmed/[/url] or https://www.coronaheadsup.com/europe/uk/uk-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu-found-in-south-west-england-h5n1-not-confirmed/ - https://www.coronaheadsup.com/europe/uk/uk-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu-found-in-south-west-england-h5n1-not-confirmed/ ; The first man in Britain to catch the H5N1 strain of bird flu is a 79-year-old former railway worker who kept 20 Muscovy ducks INSIDE his home after befriending a flock of 160 which lived in nearby Devon river Britain’s ‘patient zero’, Alan Gosling, a 79-year-old grandfather living in Devon, caught the virus from l160 Muscovy ducks living in his home in Buckfastleigh. He befriended them over a number of years, his family say. The former railway worker is the first ever human case of H5N1 recorded in the UK. The H5N1 virus can kill up to half of the people it infects. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10376161/First-man-Britain-catch-deadly-strain-bird-flu-79-year-old-former-railway-worker.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(22, 161, 231); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; - There is no bird flu vaccineThe seasonal flu vaccine doesn’t protect against bird flu.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5n1-people.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(22, 161, 231); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; - More than 700 human infections with Asian HPAI H5N1 viruses have been reported to WHO from primarily 15 countries in Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Europe and the Near East since November 2003. Indonesia, Vietnam and Egypt have reported the highest number of human HPAI Asian H5N1 cases to date In the majority of cases, people got HPAI Asian H5N1 virus infection after direct or close contact with sick or dead poultry that were infected with the virus. Other risk factors include visiting a live poultry market and having prolonged, unprotected close contact with patients infected with HPAI Asian H5N1.. For some HPAI Asian H5N1 cases, the source of exposure is unknown. The timing of many human cases of HPAI Asian H5N1 has corresponded to the seasonality of HPAI Asian H5N1 virus outbreaks among poultry. Poultry outbreaks occur more often during relatively cooler periods found in months at the beginning and end of the year. However, human cases can occur at any time, especially in countries where HPAI Asian H5N1 is endemic in poultry. Currently, HPAI Asian H5N1 virus is considered endemic in poultry in six countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam), although other counties have experienced poultry outbreaks. Clusters of human Asian HPAI H5N1 cases, (usually 2 cases but ranging from 2-8 cases per cluster), have been identified in several countries. Nearly all of the cluster cases have occurred among blood-related family members, especially those living in the same household. Whether such infections are related to genetic or other factors is currently unknown. While most people in these clusters have been infected with Asian HPAI H5N1 virus through common source exposures such as direct or close contact with sick or dead poultry or wild birds, limited non-sustained human-to-human transmission of Asian HPAI H5N1 virus cannot be excluded and likely occurred in some clusters. In cases where limited human-to-human transmission of Asian HPAI H5N1 virus is thought to have occurred, spread has occurred after a very long period of unprotected close contact (hours in length) with a very sick blood-related family member (e.g., mother-daughter or brother-brother). This has been reported to have occurred in a home and in a hospital room. DJ So very likely H5N1 in the UK may stay limited...but if the H5N1 is more transmissable we may have a global problem !
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