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2nd human case of bird flu confirmed in Michigan: Health officials (abcnews.go.com)

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The second human case of bird flu associated with the current outbreak has been confirmed in Michigan, health officials said Wednesday.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that the second ever? I thought once this jumps species it's going to get real fucking ugly. I haven't been paying attention to much of anything lately because gestures wildly...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It’s the second cattle to human case in the United States. As I understand it, H5N1 isn’t a threat to us until it mutates to become transmissible from human to human. As for all the other things, I suggest you immerse yourself like I did until it completely breaks you, so that you can join me in laughing maniacally at all of it.