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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
| jimmy m |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:12 pm
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| It appears that the U.S. is about to launch a Wastewater tracking system for the H5 virus. WastewaterSCAN dashboard/Influenza H5 In my opinion, this can be a very useful tool. But sometimes governmental leaders fail to provide funding to important tools. An article from 23 July 2024 provides the fol... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
| jimmy m |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:57 am
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| H5N1 has infected chickens and cows in the U.S. There is one other animal that should be tracked, horses . If H5N1 has a connection to the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, then we should immediately scan to see if horses in America are coming down with the virus. ---------------------------------------... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2024, 6:41 pm
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| On 08 June 2024, I posted: In the United States they have been tracking this H5N1 outbreak in animals since 2022. Thus far it has affected the following species: Aburt's squirrel, American black bear, American marten, American mink, Amur leopard, Amur tiger, Bobcats, Bottlenose dolphin, Coyote, Dome... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2024, 11:52 am
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| I came across an interesting article that investigates how H5N1 is transmitting among different species. Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread Using whole genome sequencing of characterized viral strains, modeling and epidemiological information the researchers determined cases of cow to ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2024, 10:04 am
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| The above is the whole key. If it stays limited to animal to human while not good it will be seen as something people worried about too much because it followed COVID. If it can spread human to human via blood the spread will resemble AIDS. If a variant spreads like the flu or COVID it will be wors... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2024, 12:05 pm
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| I came across one recent article about H5N1 from The Atlantic and thought I would comment on it. There Are No Good Options Left With Bird Flu Since the current strain of bird flu, known as “highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1,” began spreading around the world in late 2021, it has become somethin... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2024, 2:31 pm
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| I came across another interesting article on H5N1. One point that it made was, "The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." Between March 2024 and now, H5N1 surveillance has entailed monitoring about 1,570 people who have been exposed to infected animals and testing at least 62 pe... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2024, 8:54 am
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| I came across an interesting discussion of H5N1 that occurred in humans in Colorado. How extreme heat in Colorado may have contributed to an extraordinary outbreak of bird flu in people According to the article: Colorado health officials tested at least 69 workers who showed flu-like symptoms, out o... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newly Diagnosed |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2024, 11:02 am
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| dcoll649 , Welcome to Wrong Planet. You wrote that you have Asperger's Syndrome. I have that condition also. I am an Aspie. Realize that even though you have some inabilities, you also have some unique strengths. Music is one of these strengths. Many musicians are probably Aspies. Working as a vete... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Introducing myself |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2024, 7:24 am
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| Flamespitter , Welcome to Wrong Planet. My younger brother lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. It can be a really cold place in the winter. Many of your traits are common for those on this forum. Let me say one point. You are not broken. You are just different. Believe in yourself and your unique capabilit... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2024, 1:05 pm
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| Some mosquitoes are considered to be vectors, or insects that spread germs to people and animals that can cause illnesses. A mosquito can become infected with a disease after taking blood from an infected person or animal, and just a few mosquitoes can carry an illness throughout a community. There ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2024, 10:53 am
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| One of the earliest traits observed in H5N1 in people who contracted the disease in the U.S. this year was Pink Eye . Why Bird Flu Is Infecting People’s Eyes Three U.S. dairy workers have been infected with H5N1 after contact with sick cows, and all of them developed eye symptoms . All three develop... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2024, 9:46 am
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| "Long COVID in the pre-Delta and Delta era was actually different than long COVID that's happening in the Omicron era," Al-Aly said. "That tells us that not only is the risk quantitatively changing over time, but also that the disease itself has its own fingerprint -- it's not the sa... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2024, 7:32 pm
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| I think I will dig a little deeper into the Spanish Flu. One article goes into a good deep dive. Spanish Flu The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was the deadliest pandemic in world history, infecting some 500 million people across the globe— roughly one-third of the population —and causing up to 5... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Introducing myself |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2024, 3:31 pm
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| Welcome to Wrong Planet. You wrote that you also suffer from maladaptive daydreaming. I looked that condition up. Maladaptive daydreaming , also called excessive daydreaming, is when an individual experiences excessive daydreaming that interferes with daily life. It is a proposed diagnosis of a diso... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: How to do autism? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2024, 9:06 am
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| :lol: Welcome to Wrong Planet. That was an interesting introduction. But not much content. So I dug a little deeper. You are a Teacher. You have many interest including: Farming, camping, permaculture, film, tv, creative writing, travel. Permaculture , I haven't heard that word before. I wonder what... |
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