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Rise in H5N6 bird flu may be explained by more-infectious variant, experts worry
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| 10-26-21
| Nicoletta Lanese
Posted on 10/27/2021 4:09:37 PM PDT by MNJohnnie
China has reported 21 cases of the H5N6 subtype of bird flu this year, compared with only five last year, leaving experts concerned that the strain currently circulating is more infectious than past versions of the virus, Reuters reported.
Scientists first identified H5N6 avian influenza in poultry in Laos in 2013, according to a 2020 report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID). And since 2014, a total of 49 confirmed cases of humans infected with H5N6 have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the WHO's Avian Influenza Weekly Update.
The 21 cases reported in China this year have resulted in at least six deaths and left many of the remaining infected people critically ill. "The increase in human cases in China this year is of concern. It's a virus that causes high mortality," Thijs Kuiken, a professor of comparative pathology at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, told Reuters. According to the EID report, human H5N6 infections have a 67% mortality rate.
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KEYWORDS: birdflu; covid; pandemics
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So is this the new "Covid"?
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:09:37 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
heshtesh
To: MNJohnnie
If there is any truth to the claims that the so-called covid “vaccines” lower immunity then Katie bar the door.....
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:13:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: heshtesh
To: MNJohnnie
If there is a report of a possible disaster/epidemic/war/murder the media will find it and push it on you, no matter how dubious the source.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:17:09 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Seruzawa
So, in a nut shell, hystria sells.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:17:55 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: All
Has Fauci looked at “gain of function” on this virus? Inquiring minds want to know.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:18:12 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I had to change my homepage because it was embellished somewhat. Apologies to all.)
To: Col Frank Slade
Bird shot, I need the bird shot, I just gotta have bird shot!
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:18:31 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Figure out what you like, learn enough to be dangerous, and then start fiddling around)
To: MNJohnnie
Experts are always worrying. I put my faith in the Great healer.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:20:04 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
To: MNJohnnie
The Crazy Governments are in love
To: MNJohnnie
Viruses always mutate. This is non-news news. I guess if TPTB want to try to frighten us they can find some chicken****** somewhere to play the part of patient zero.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:26:02 PM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: BenLurkin
“If”. That is the issue. No one is doing any real scientific research to give us the information we need to handle this virus.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:30:03 PM PDT
by
griswold3
(When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
To: MNJohnnie
“Seriously y’all stop it. You ain’t a bird...”
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:38:22 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: MNJohnnie
67% mortally rate? This (and Nipah) are the ones your momma warned you about.
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:38:30 PM PDT
by
griswold3
(When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
To: monkeyshine
“I’ll take a liter of cola...”
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:39:38 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: griswold3
Isn’t that like Ebola level?
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:40:12 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:42:46 PM PDT
by
griswold3
(When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
To: MNJohnnie
I can’t wait for CNN/MSNBC/NIH/SloJo to come out with new orders because the flu cases have gone up 10,000% from last year (when apparently only 2000 people were infected).
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posted on
10/27/2021 4:47:22 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
To: heshtesh
I’m no scientist, but I did work with veterinary medicine researchers who were concerned with the H5N1 strain a few years ago. Bird flu is not transmissible to humans, but if it mutates thru swine we could have some problems.
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10/27/2021 5:10:54 PM PDT
by
stiguy
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
10/27/2021 5:24:17 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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