If Bird Flu mutates into a human pandemic in the next few months

[Pototan]

God help us with this group of clowns in charge.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bird-flu-virus-shows-mutations-233012441.html

[SheltieLover]

1. Sounds like a mass extinction event.

[RockRaven]

2. The big danger isn't the clowns in charge, it is the masses of oppositional-defiant

wo/men-children who will refuse to act in a manner which protects themselves and others on the principle of "you can't tell me what to do" AKA "FREEEEEEEEEEDUMB!!!!!!1!!!"

TCF isn't what ails America. Americans who vote for TCF (meaning all the things those people do/how they behave) are what ails America.

[elleng]

3. Yes.

[Silent Type]

4. From what I've read, it is rarely contagious among humans. However, it darn sure might impact availability

and price of food.

Plus, unlike Covid we have some experience with bird flu. But if experts say mask up, isolate, etc., I’m in.

[LeftInTX]

11. We had the "Hong Kong Flu" in 1968. It was a bird flu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#:~:text=The%20Hong%20Kong%20flu%2C%20also,to%20form%20a%20new%20virus.


I came down with it on Christmas morning and so did my sister.

Everyone got sick with it: LBJ, Humphrey and even Nixon.

[Meowmee]

5. I read more about and it does not seem likely

To be an epidemic / pandemic. Bird flus are not easily transmitted from person to person. People most at risk are those who are working in close contact with the birds and other animals that may have it. Another risk is obviously improperly or uncooked foods/ meat, and raw milk, etc.

Also, if you look up the death toll for this original bird flu strain, I wrote a long post about it elsewhere…I’ll try to link it here, worldwide it was relatively low extremely low with about 948 cases worldwide from 2003- 2023, around half of that were deaths so 52% mortality but it’s not known if there could’ve been milder cases that weren’t reported so the mortality rate could be lower. Most of the cases here so far have been mild.


Of course things could change, viruses can mutate and we need to be on top of this. It could very well affect the food chain though however, and other animals.

See post for further information.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19850766

[Skittles]

6. RFK Jr has got this

[rubbersole]

7. Rub some roadkill on that rash.

[chouchou]

8. Now THAT'S funny. Was laughing for almost one full minute.

Geez...

[AverageOldGuy]

9. Not a problem

RFK Jr will advise us all to drink raw milk.

Problem solved. And no need for a pesky vaccination.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Don't worry, maga will call it a hoax, just a cold, refuse to get vaccinated, die in droves. Multiple Darwin awards. .nt

[Irish_Dem]

12. The Trump crime syndicate is calculating how much money they can make off this pandemic.