A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the United States since the virus was first detected in dairy cattle in late March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

The infection of a dairy worker in Michigan expands the outbreak of the bird flu, though the CDC said the risk to the general public remains low.

The CDC told reporters on a call that it has not seen evidence of human to human transmission of bird flu and that it has tested close to 40 people since March, including the Michigan worker.

Michigan and Texas are among nine states that have reported bird flu in dairy herds since late March. Scientists have said they believe the outbreak is more widespread based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration findings of H5N1 particles in about 20% of retail milk samples.

  • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This is going to be fine.

    We have plenty of experience at this point handing a pandemic.

    People will just be responsible with masking and isolating to limit the spread while waiting to be first in line for a vaccine when it’s…

    😂 Sorry, I just couldn’t keep it going straight. It was nice knowing you all. 🤣

  • Goodie@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The CDC told reporters on a call that it has not seen evidence of human to human transmission of bird flu and that it has tested close to 40 people since March, including the Michigan worker.

    If, and only if, we see human to human transmission, then we sorry. Not before.

    • voracitude@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Good luck with that. The largest economy in the world can’t even stop putting literal poison in the food. Where’s the will going to come from?

      It’s going to take nothing less than a wholesale collapse, and even then most of these chucklefucks - the ones left, anyway - will be looking to get back to the way things were at any cost.

      • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        It’s going to come from people learning that unnecessary animal consumption makes us sick. Some people are/will be slower than others.

        • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          I’m an omnivore who respects and has some desire to be a vegetarian. You’re making vegetarianism look bad.

          • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Would you have preferred it if I called them late instead of slow? Frankly I don’t care for your judgment either way, I’ve been a committed vegan for 5 years and I don’t really believe you either respect the movement or desire to be vegetarian, let alone are being turned off making the right choice for yourself because of how I make it look. It’s not an aesthetic.