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Bird flu in Texas: many human cases, no certainty about human to human spread?

by leashless on 5/5/24, 2:38 AM with 12 comments

  • by arctangos on 5/5/24, 4:46 PM

    There is a financial concept known as universal ownership. The gist of it is that most investors are more affected by the overall returns of the market than by the returns of individual stocks. As a result, rational investors should sometimes vote against their individual holdings’ short term interests in favor of the long-term interest of the economy. Limiting antibiotics for livestock is one of these. Not feeding cows chicken would seem to be another obvious one.

    Unfortunately, many financial institutions have been slow to pick this up and may soon have an opportunity to learn about the consequences.

  • by ungreased0675 on 5/5/24, 3:22 AM

    Why does it seem like the CDC is missing from the picture? They were late to the party on COVID, and they seem to be disinterested in bird flu. Do we need a pandemic response agency?

  • by smt88 on 5/5/24, 3:35 AM

    It's against HN guidelines to editorialize titles. The real title of the article is: "U.S. government in hot seat for response to growing cow flu outbreak"

  • by leashless on 5/5/24, 2:38 AM

    “But Russo and many other vets have heard anecdotes about workers who have pink eye and other symptoms—including fever, cough, and lethargy—and do not want to be tested or seen by doctors. James Lowe, a researcher who specializes in pig influenza viruses, says policies for monitoring exposed people vary greatly between states. “I believe there are probably lots of human cases,” he says, noting that most likely are asymptomatic.“

  • by reify on 5/5/24, 6:51 AM

    I will keep saying it!

    Isn't it about time those lovely cow farmers stopped feeding ground chickens to cows.

    Cheep-cheep cow feed. Cheeper than your average field of grass.

    Cows are vegans.

    You dont see any lined up outside the local burger take away, ber-gerkins or mac-kidees.

    I bet they roll out a human vaccine before the poor cows get one.

    Cows look funny in masks.