How Worried Should We Be About Bird Flu? California has declared a state of emergency over the virus. We asked experts how concerned they are. (www.nytimes.com)

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TL;DR: don't drink raw milk. Get an ordinary flu shot if you haven't already.

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

This is a nothing burger. Humans aren't good at calculating risk, especially risk in our huge, modern world. And many have a sort of COVID PTSD. And the media is hyping on that.

tl;dr; Walking out your front door is far riskier.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 17 minutes ago

That’s a bold statement. Were you a hardline “I don’t wanna” type during COVID who plans to do the same if this becomes something, or are you medically inclined and have some inside knowledge to back that statement up?

There is the recent Lancet article but that is regarding an eventual, probable mutation should it take root in mammals and start spreading mammal to mammal. COVID mutated too, but it took 2-3yrs for a mutation to occur such that it stopped ravaging people.

H5N1 isn’t like COVID, H5N1 has been on the world radar, watched, since ~2002.

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 3 days ago

I mean it could become something. The thing about covid is china was not forthcoming. We are actively tracking this and so will take actions as the data shows (maybe given incoming administration)

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Covid 2: Electric Boogaloo

[+] OpenStars@piefed.social -6 points 3 days ago

I wonder why an "emergency"? The person who got sick was in Louisiana, and pasteurized milk, unlike raw, is entirely safe to drink. So if nobody in CA is sick, then...? The article did not seem to answer why.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 21 points 3 days ago

Sale of raw milk is legal in California, and the cows are widely infected. Bird flu is showing up in sewage in most of the state, which suggests that there are likely to be a whole bunch more infected people who don't realize what they have.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you for answering. My comment probably sounded like conspiratorial nonsense, but you answered as if it were - and it was - authentic, so thanks.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Who told you that nobody in California is sick?

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago

The article specifically said that?

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

No it didn't

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago

Maybe I misunderstood - hence why I asked - but passages such as these led me to question what then it was trying to say:

“If you’re not working directly with animals right now, it would not be the top thing that I’d be worried about... It’s unlikely right now that’s going to be a problem for most people.”

"... right now, there’s no reason to panic or really do anything beyond avoid raw milk products.”

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