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The H5N1 avian influenza virus is infecting cows in multiple US states, raising concerns about a potential pandemic. The CDC is in a power struggle with states and agriculture players to track the virus. WHO emphasizes the social context in responding to the outbreak.
🐦 Avian influenza H5N1 is raising Americans’ concerns about potential health dangers. 😷 Dr. @HelenChuMD, an infectious-diseases expert at @UWMedicine, discussed the single human H5N1 infection case and their virus' genetic sequencing results: https://t.co/U9oDX1EWcB https://t.co/SWudcmGtNB
Given all we are learning about the proportion of positive tests in milk and knowledge about asymptomatic infections, it is incredibly hard to believe that only nine states have outbreaks on farms, and that this has remain unchanged for weeks. https://t.co/TDH0NloxXK
Colorado officials probe source of H5N1 in cows as USDA confirms more infected mammals Monitoring of about 70 farm workers found no symptoms, and the state's wastewater sampling pilot has found no flu rise. https://t.co/nJak0jwiEm https://t.co/DrKtP4FL4V
It's a societal mistake that we're not always monitoring for outbreaks of the dozen greatest threats, given how cheap wastewater testing can get. Active intervention by the CDC to stop new testing for a new strain of influenza circulating in mammals on farms is unconscionable. https://t.co/iRtLCjttRT https://t.co/YatX3KDNWp
To combat cow flu outbreak, scientists plan to infect cattle with influenza in high-security labs | Science | AAAS https://t.co/28Vvi8sfol
From new @USDA guidance published this week, re: whether dairies will be restricted from shipping milk from H5N1 infected cows to processors "Not at this time. However, @US_FDA recommends producers discard milk from symptomatic cows." https://t.co/OQMtFaH0WU https://t.co/Y2CTxRLM5W https://t.co/wkmib2TT3Q
It's a societal mistake that we're not always monitoring for outbreaks of the dozen greatest threats, given how cheap wastewater trading can get. Active intervention by the CDC to stop new testing for a new strain of influenza circulating in mammals on farms is unconscionable. https://t.co/Pvb3uK038a https://t.co/YatX3KDNWp
In a notice to vaccine makers, @USDA_APHIS says it is now exploring possibility of sourcing H5N1 shots for cattle "All vaccine types will be considered based on the information requested below and the needs identified in this rapidly evolving situation" https://t.co/FGc2pxcGy3 https://t.co/sHCVxnprx1
How is it that so much virus is getting off of affected farms and into the national milk supply The most plausible scenario is that visibly sick cows "are just the tip of the outbreak," @MeganMolteni explains https://t.co/L0i7dBNK70 via @statnews
An unchecked spread and endemic #BirdFlu in cattle is bad news as it would facilitate large-scale mammalian adaptation and human spillover https://t.co/dLXSsL3Gqm
Experts from industry, academia, professional organizations, and government are meeting regularly to discuss H5N1 in cattle and have put together initial recommended guidelines, writes @RachelNuwer for @ThinkGlobalHlth. https://t.co/Bb94higFow
Climate change to make pandemic "spillover" events more likely like covid-19 🤔 "And if diseases become more rampant in the animal world, that could mean the likelihood of “spillover” events exposing humans to new pathogens — the likely origin of covid-19" https://t.co/FkdrQ4NaKK
As a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza spreads through the nation’s farms, local scientists are racing to find answers to questions many of us would prefer not to consider. https://t.co/oE1H45kIn7
In remarks today on #H5N1 outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle, @WHO's Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "more surveillance is needed." At least 220 people monitored and 30 tested, but given many more exposures, "it's important that all those exposed are tested or monitored."
Despite assurances from the CDC of "low risk" associated with the bird flu outbreak, experts express concern as they reckoned a weakening public health trust due to missteps during the COVID-19 crisis. https://t.co/xVnBi1ngBl
In his media briefing just now, @WHO director general @DrTedros called out the US response to #H5N1: 220 people are being monitored and at least 30 have been tested, he noted. "However, many more people have been exposed to infected animals and it's important that all those…
The bird flu outbreak has now infected dozens of mammal species, including cows, minks, racoons, foxes, seals and porpoises. If it reaches pigs, @fayeflam explains, humans could be next https://t.co/vqDUmkHM3D via @opinion
Just one person has tested positive for bird flu. But we could be missing cases with limited surveillance from states and dairy farms. In a test for pandemic preparedness "We're not going to be ready," one epidemiologist told me. https://t.co/unvohlvrxj
A global surge in avian flu outbreaks in birds and some mammals is worrying poultry farmers, scientists, and health experts. The trend is provoking questions about the future of the disease and global public health. Learn more: https://t.co/DpIzCSc4Go
As the highly contagious avian flu affects mammals across the US, just one human case has been reported so far. https://t.co/XHHxM3ZUO6
Bird flu has spread to cows in Colorado. Is avian influenza threat? We answer your questions. https://t.co/62vQw6ncl3
The bird flu outbreak has now infected dozens of mammal species, including cows, minks, racoons, foxes, seals and porpoises. If it reaches pigs, @fayeflam explains, humans could be next https://t.co/57lMlP7oot
Scientists worry that the H5N1 strain of avian influenza will become endemic in cattle, which would facilitate its spread in people https://t.co/c3ZV11tqK3
WHO’s top scientist learned a hard lesson about #H5N1 two decades ago: Stopping it takes more than biology. It also requires understanding the human societal conditions involved. https://t.co/HXD6xt0EFI
The World Health Organization's chief scientist @JeremyFarrar said the social context is key in responding to disease threats like #H5N1. https://t.co/5Tpl0qN3AJ
We should take H5N1 very seriously, but this tweet seems a bit alarmist. https://t.co/3dCJPt8ioJ
USDA reports more H5N1 detections in poultry, wild birds Also, another outbreak was reported in Idaho's backyard poultry. https://t.co/EyHvM5h3vu Photo: Christoph Ulanski/Flickr cc https://t.co/DFnk0qvM93
Movement of cows in the US is massive, @bansallab & Colleen Webb write for @statnews. Stopping spread of diseases like #H5N1 #birdflu in cattle requires much more information about how & where that's happening. https://t.co/6QKgji5KlP
The longer the H5N1 situation goes on and seeing the reluctance on surveillance and control of the new mammal reservoir, the more convinced I am that we will face a problematic situation with this virus. It’s a question of time. There’s a window of opportunity but it’s not seized
Charted: Where bird flu has been detected in mammals. https://t.co/gDvWvKt9Cs
With #H5N1 avian flu silently spreading in US cattle, wastewater testing could be key Wastewater treatment systems that have no intake of animal-related sewage could serve as sentinels for human disease, experts say. https://t.co/nnve3wVtvH Photo: Steve Soblick / Flickr cc https://t.co/VgklAxBMri
“Congressional funding is needed to catalyze rapid vaccine development and production,” write @llborio and @DrPhilKrause on the recent detection of H5N1 bird flu in cattle. https://t.co/hQaHzS3RZM
Farmers have been warned a new strain of an animal virus has a "very high" probability of affecting livestock in the UK 🔗 Read more https://t.co/KrHFdhPBgE
Bird flu has hit US cows but tracking efforts are falling woefully short. Public health experts say the US authorities need a better strategy to lower the risk of the virus spreading to people. https://t.co/f5fDX2MINP
You can't divorce the social context of a disease outbreak from the outbreak response, @WHO's chief scientist @JeremyFarrar told me yesterday in an interview about the #H5N1 #birdflu in cows situation. The social context of this one sure is challenging. https://t.co/zHWWAolE8t
After 10 months off for my science journalism fellowship at MIT I’m jumping back into infectious disease reporting and uh boy I’m not gonna be bored am I?! Here's a first story on #h5n1 in cows (and I'll try to write a thread later): https://t.co/Q3oN6qSssS
WHO’s top scientist learned a hard lesson about H5N1 two decades ago: Stopping it takes more than biology. Read more from @HelenBranswell’s interview with Jeremy Farrar https://t.co/LEDj1rFHfS via @statnews
1/n The below is a very good thread, partly on why the risk of #H5N1 is so big, but more on how US federal & state governmental agencies are being negligent about it (upcoming November POTUS2024, state politics, recalcitrant, blind big-business in livestock farming) https://t.co/iv5Brerd1K
Alert: Canada expanding surveillance, testing milk for H5N1 avian flu amid U.S. dairy cattle outbreak The globalists are making their move. Watch as Bill Gates promotes another vaccine to deal with the latest outbreak and the lying main stream media who are complicit fall into… https://t.co/vMaBDVFpQd
CDC’s top #flu scientist says the risk to the public from #H5N1 is low, but she isn’t sleeping well. Here’s why. https://t.co/3k3DPzAs64
POLITICO on H5N1: “The CDC is locked in a power struggle with key states and agriculture players as it tries to better track the virus and prevent another potential pandemic.” https://t.co/CcmqfdEAhx
The implementation guidance for the new policy states, nonsensically, that H5N1 avian influenza virus--currently infecting cows in multiple US states and being closely monitored for potential to cause a pandemic--does not not meet the definition of "potential pandemic pathogen." https://t.co/GY6bWSOfmV