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Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas | KRDO​


By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday.

The patient is being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said. Health officials say the person had been in contact with cows presumed to be infected, and the risk to the public remains low.
Last week, dairy cows in Texas and Kansas were reported to be infected with bird flu — and federal agriculture officials later confirmed infections in a Michigan dairy herd that had recently received cows from Texas.

Since 2020, the bird flu virus has been spreading among more animal species – including dogs, cats, skunks, bears and even seals and porpoises – in scores of countries. However, the detection is U.S. livestock is an “unexpected and problematic twist,” said Dr. Ali Khan, a former CDC outbreak investigator who is now dean of the University of Nebraska’s public health college.
This bird flu was first identified as a threat to people during a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong. More than 460 people have died in the past two decades from bird flu infections, according to the World Health Organization.

The vast majority of infected people got it directly from birds, but scientists have been on guard for any sign of spread among people. Their biggest concern is that the virus could mutate to spread easily among humans, something that hasn’t happened yet.
It’s only the second time a person in the United States has been diagnosed with what’s known as Type A H5N1 virus. In 2022, a prison inmate in a work program picked it up while killing infected birds at a poultry farm in Montrose County, Colorado. His only symptom was fatigue, and he recovered.

Texas officials didn’t identify the newly infected person, nor release any details about what brought them in contact with the cows.
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psychgirl

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bw said:
This is sounding like the All Terrain Vehicle of the virus world. Be nice if we could take reports like this at face value, but in the current world we can't.
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Why do you think it’s fake?
The publication is a direct news outlet
 
lostinaz

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My bet is that the vehicle of delivery to the cows is a gov mandated inoculation. Its certainly possible they now have it. But its not like cows come in a lot of contact with birds. The likely contact is it was introduced by "shots" engineered by people who don't want to to eat cows.
 
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My big question is how they determined this person has H5N1, and if they used PCR testing, how many cycles they are running.

IF it's not an exaggeration, it's concerning... H5N1 has not been a threat to mammals, and if it has actually been found in *many* cows (not just a single member of a herd), it's likely it is learning how to transmit between cattle. Now that it also (apparently) has transferred between cattle to a human, the only step left is human to human transmission.

If it also doesn't weaken in virulence, this could be a very big problem,.

But as bw says, you can't trust anything they say.

Summerthyme
 
psychgirl

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summerthyme said:
My big question is how they determined this person has H5N1, and if they used PCR testing, how many cycles they are running.

IF it's not an exaggeration, it's concerning... H5N1 has not been a threat to mammals, and if it has actually been found in *many* cows (not just a single member of a herd), it's likely it is learning how to transmit between cattle. Now that it also (apparently) has transferred between cattle to a human, the only step left is human to human transmission.

If it also doesn't weaken in virulence, this could be a very big problem,.

But as bw says, you can't trust anything they say.

Summerthyme
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The H2H possibility is very concerning.

I understand the “distrust” 100%….after what we just went through it’s no wonder.

But I do feel like Bird Flu has just been waiting to jump species for so long we shouldn’t be surprised if that is now happening
 
JMG91

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summerthyme said:
My big question is how they determined this person has H5N1, and if they used PCR testing, how many cycles they are running.

IF it's not an exaggeration, it's concerning... H5N1 has not been a threat to mammals, and if it has actually been found in *many* cows (not just a single member of a herd), it's likely it is learning how to transmit between cattle. Now that it also (apparently) has transferred between cattle to a human, the only step left is human to human transmission.

If it also doesn't weaken in virulence, this could be a very big problem,.

But as bw says, you can't trust anything they say.

Summerthyme
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Also, the PCRs will pick up ANYTHING because they're not actually a diagnostic test--the creator Kary Mullis said this very thing. He said that if you test for HIV in a person who doesn't appear to have it, it will show up on the PCR. I just don't buy this. The election is up this year, and there's always a "pandemic" every election year.
 
pauldingbabe

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Someone should check the Chisholm Trail.

Lots of migration this time of year.

If other states are showing signs, I bet they got they're calves from Texas.
 
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SITUATION REPORT: Bird flu outbreak and human case in Texas

• On March 25, USDA announced that samples taken from dairy cows at 2 farms in Kansas and 2 in Texas had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). This was the first time H5N1 had been found in cattle in the U.S.

• Unpasteurized milk from sick cattle also tested positive but officials say there's no concern about the safety of commercial milk. Pasteurization is known to inactivate viruses and milk from affected cows will be destroyed.

• On March 28, dairy cows in Idaho tested positive for bird flu after receiving cattle from another state, suggesting cow-to-cow transmission, according to the state's agriculture department.

• On March 29, a dairy herd in Michigan tested positive for bird flu after receiving cows from Texas, another sign of cow-to-cow transmission of the virus.

• On April 1, USDA confirmed bird flu in diary cows in New Mexico, as well as 5 additional dairy herds in Texas. This brings the total number of outbreaks to 12 in just over a week.

• Also on April 1, Texas reported the first human case of H5N1 bird flu in connection with this outbreak. The patient had contact with infected cows and has only minor symptoms (conjunctivitis, or pink eye).

• The CDC says the health risk for the general public is considered low but people in close contact with infected animals (including livestock) are at greater risk of infection.

• This outbreak involves H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, which was first detected in late 2021. The global spread of this variant, and the recent spread to a growing number of mammals, has raised concern among experts.

We'll share updates as more details become available.
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Shadow of Ezra
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It is being reported that Joe Biden's White House is meeting with "pandemic experts" over possible "avian influenza" outbreak.

This comes after media reports of
highly-contagious pathogen jumping from bird to cow to human.

At least one person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu after having contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1775277165283803590
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Old Greek

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Good luck finding anyone today that will believe the CDC, WHO, etc................... except liberals. Anyone with any critical thinking skills does not believe government today!
 
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desertvet2

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Yet....sexually transmitted diseases ravage the population of loose morals people and victims of infidelity and the overlords do....nothing...

But promote degenerate behavior
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Hhmmm.
 
SageRock

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Any incidence of this avian flu in pigs? If I remember correctly, some of the most pathogenic strains were avian flu that infected pigs and then crossed over to humans. I think that the 1918 flu was of this type, but there is probably a lot of uncertainty even now as to the details.
 
jazzy

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im not sure where to post this so please forgive me if this is wrong area. this concerns the so called bird flu outbreaks being reported all over.

with all the tests on chickens, cattle, wild life, pigs and humans they are usuing the PCR test. this is critical to know. this is per govt sites.

back in 2019 before the cv stuff took off and there were still just rumbings about it, there was a scientist dr kerry mullis who started doing interviews. he was the scientist who invented the super sensitive PCR test that was created to look for genetic fragments. ultra sensitive that he normally cycled 2-4 times he said.
he found out fauci and cdc wanted to use his genetic test for testing cv virus. he was super pissed, stated it was fraud because the genetic fragment test could not be used to test for a viral infection and they knew it and that it cuold be used to promote overwhelming number fo fake positives cuase if you ever had a cold, flu in your life you could have a fake positive for cv.
mullis was angry at what he believed was an intentional misuse of his test or its variations. he said in several interviws i watched that he would expose fauci, debate him and prove something was not right with the cv narrative.

then he ended up dead late 2019 and after that fauci, cdc, who, everyone ran with the PCR to use to detect cv. so there was a supposed pandemic with so many positives, right? it looked like the virus was spreading, the virus that had the same symptoms as a bad cold or flu.
so people who had a bad cold or glu pr pneumonia, broncitis or whatever who tested postive for cv really didnt have cv--and never gbot the treatment needed for whatever they ctually had.
i rememver watching a fauci interivwe towards the end of the cv when it seemed strange they kept talking bout a new dangerous varient and we all needed a new jab--stiull all using the PCR but fauci actually said it had to be cycled 8-10 times to make it ev en more sensitive to reporting Sometnig as a cv infection.

sorry to be drawn oiut or if repeating but i found out per govt records they are using the same super sensitive PCR test to detect avian fflu in chickens, cattle, swine, wildlife, humans. the first human 'case' reported postive was a worker on a egg farm that according to his own doctor only had conjunctivitice. no cold or flu symptoms, just an eye infection but the gvt agents who tested hm said he tested postive using PCR for avian flu so that was evidence it was spreading to humans.
just saying its alwasy worth digging into tiny details about a story if we are being warned about a disease X and avian flu and monkey pox nad whatever, might be a good idea to look at what the test is last i read is the PCR and or its varients are now the accepted standard for testing these and all new viruses. they are culling millions of chickens, eggs after testing just a few and now with cattle and pigs destroying our food supply.

i just keep remembering dr mullis staing repeatedly that the test cant be used for any virus as it is too sensitive and be invalid with mega false positives.
 
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Bird Flu Found in Pasteurized Milk From Grocery Stores: FDA

‘To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe,’ the FDA said.

Commercially available milk from grocery stores has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on April 23.

The FDA said in a statement it has been testing milk from cattle that have been sickened with the influenza, commonly known as the bird flu or H5N1, as well as milk “in the processing system, and on the shelves.”
“Based on available information, pasteurization is likely to inactivate the virus, however, the process is not expected to remove the presence of viral particles. Therefore, some of the samples collected have indicated the presence of HPAI using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) testing,” the agency said.


While samples tested positive, that does not mean they contain an intact pathogen, according to the FDA.

“Additional testing is required to determine whether intact pathogen is still present and if it remains infectious, which determines whether there is any risk of illness associated with consuming the product,” the FDA said.

The agency is injecting samples into fertilized chicken eggs to see whether any active virus replicates, among other experiments. It is also completing testing on samples taken from pasteurized milk from across the nation.

www.theepochtimes.com

Bird Flu Found in Pasteurized Milk From Grocery Stores: FDA

‘To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe,’ the FDA said.
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