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First H5N1 Bird Flu Case Confirmed in San Mateo Backyard Flock
San Jose Mercury News ^ | February 6, 2025 | Jia Jung

Posted on 02/06/2025 5:26:56 PM PST by nickcarraway

The discovery prompted health officials to remind people to take biosecurity measures

San Mateo County confirmed for the first time the presence of bird flu in a backyard poultry flock in San Mateo this week after the owner contacted the state agriculture department’s Sick Bird Hotline.

The H5N1 incident was one of 49 backyard flock infections documented across the country — including 38 in California — by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. No human infection has been found in association with the flock, but the county’s health department reminded backyard poultry and livestock owners to take precautions such as handwashing to prevent transmission.

The county health department said this is its first reported case of backyard flock H5N1 since the initial outbreak of the highly contagious avian virus began in 2022, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency. On Thursday, officials confirmed a case of bird flu in a stray cat in Half Moon Bay.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged the first severe and thus far only fatal human case of H5N1 in the U.S. in Louisiana last December after the person’s exposure to sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. While there is still no evidence the virus is capable of human-to-human transmission, the death raised concerns about increased chances of the influenza’s mutation into a strain that can spread among people.

The California Department of Public Health has counted 38 human cases – over half of the 67 cases nationwide. The CDC still rates human risk to the public as low.

The county health department’s spokesperson said it is difficult to know how many backyard flocks there are in the county or the state because they do not need to be registered.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bayarea; birdflu; chickens; eggs; h5n1; sanmateo

1 posted on 02/06/2025 5:26:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Did they destroy the flock? That’s the only thing you can do.


2 posted on 02/06/2025 5:29:17 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve gleaned that some folks think that the bird flu thing is a hoax, and that the mass killings of chickens has a sinister motive. Is there anything to this or?


3 posted on 02/06/2025 5:32:03 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: nickcarraway

And it only took 47 PCR cycles to find it!


4 posted on 02/06/2025 5:35:16 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Professional

“ The CDC still rates human risk to the public as low.”

Yet they write a scaremonger article around the one pertinent fact.


5 posted on 02/06/2025 5:44:29 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s California. They burned down the entire neighborhood.


6 posted on 02/06/2025 5:45:06 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

How come it doesn’t affect the birds in the air only chickens?


7 posted on 02/06/2025 5:48:28 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: ifinnegan

Destroying the food supply is a great way to make people OBEY.

And boy is it profitable for those that bought the futures, hoarded, knew in advance. But would anyone be that evil? No, people are mostly good, 99%, blah blah.


8 posted on 02/06/2025 5:49:54 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: Professional

Guess I’m answering my own questions...

Look at this chart, change it to ten years. In less than a year eggs are up 600%.

If you knew that and bought futures, you could have probably turned 100k into 10-100 million by the right strike price and month.


9 posted on 02/06/2025 5:52:52 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: RoseofTexas

How come West Nile Virus affects only Corvids ( jays, crows, ravens) ? Viruses require a specific host. They reproduce by hijacking a specific type of cell.


10 posted on 02/06/2025 5:53:21 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Professional

Sorry, here is the chart on eggs pricing as a commodity.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us


11 posted on 02/06/2025 5:53:41 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: nickcarraway

BirdFlu kills Chickens.

Not Pea Hens. Not Pigeons. Not Red Hawks

Cant they make something that Kills Cockroaches, intrusive Carp, or Norway Rats?

Seems almost kind of conspiracyish.


12 posted on 02/06/2025 5:54:50 PM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: nickcarraway

Time to eat your chickens as they come Home To Roost....


13 posted on 02/06/2025 6:11:33 PM PST by Paladin2 (INDEED)
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To: RoseofTexas
It does..."H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation (CDC). H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers."

Maybe we don't observe it in wild birds because the windmills are killing so many.

14 posted on 02/06/2025 6:30:28 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: nickcarraway

on first glance I am calling total bullshit

Perhaps someone may have infected the “backyard flock” and then somehow found the smoking “drop gun”

but I do not believe that a random anything could pinpoint this, hell we still do not know where the funky novel virus came from, and yet we probably spent lots of money to create it.


15 posted on 02/06/2025 6:38:26 PM PST by algore
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Or natural selection has given rise to wild birds with bird flu resistance.

Perhaps rather than killing the flock to save it, let it run its course and the birds that survive can pass on the genes and be immune, which is an added benefit because then it would be harder for the strain to reinfect the same flock.


16 posted on 02/06/2025 6:41:42 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: nickcarraway

How many birds in those 49 backyard flocks dropped dead with the H5N1 bird flu?


17 posted on 02/06/2025 6:48:05 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: RoseofTexas

Dead birds in the wild get scavenged and are seldom observed or tested unless it’s a large colony die off.


18 posted on 02/06/2025 6:52:29 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Professional

Saw a video at costco with eggs piled high on an orange cart . A fight broke out.

Reminds me of fighting over toilet paper.


19 posted on 02/06/2025 7:07:36 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RoseofTexas

Why does this only appear in blue states?


20 posted on 02/07/2025 8:22:56 AM PST by GMoney (A wrecking ball is needed.)
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