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US - California - HPAI Thread
By: Steve Date: November 19, 2024, 2:31 pm
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SUMMARY - A child in the state of California is recovering from
an infection of HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza). The
source of the infection is unknown and no other family members
of the child seem to have been affected. People who were in
close contact with the child have been notified. This is the
first case in California not to be associated with the dairy
industry.
LINK -
HTML https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-19/alameda-county-child-believed-to-be-latest-case-of-bird-flu-source-unknown
HTML https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-19/alameda-county-child-believed-to-be-latest-case-of-bird-flu-source-unknown
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Re: US - California - Child recovering from HPAI
By: Masked Man Date: November 19, 2024, 6:01 pm
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…In the article it is mentioned that human-to-human spread of
bird flu has been documented fifteen years ago… so I gather from
this that human to human spread of bird flu has happened in the
past.
According to this news It’s appearing more and more like human
to human transmission of bird flu is likely to occur if not
already occurring. Unless the child has contact with other
creatures from playing in a sandbox or from pets… it’s
definitely speculation as to how the child could have gotten the
virus.. who knows .. could be human to human in daycare as kids
play together pretty close .. we shall see if more cases
continue.
As usual what we know about this is a drop, what we don’t know
is an ocean. It’s disappointing to not even know exactly why
this child is sick. And It’s terrifying that this child is
sick. This could be our child and this could be us next.
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Re: US - California - Child recovering from HPAI
By: Steve Date: November 20, 2024, 1:25 pm
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We can not be certain that what this child experienced was
human-to-human transmission.
Regardless of how this child contracted HPAI (Highly Pathogenic
Avian Influenza), the facts remain:
** Our surveillance on livestock contamination from HPAI remains
limited.
** Our knowledge of the severity of that same livestock
contamination remains limited.
** We are observing more incidents of humans contracting HPAI.
A caveat: Observing more incidents of a condition does not
correlate with an increase in the number of those conditions.
Put simply, if you are not looking for a condition, you tend not
to find it. Once you are looking for a condition, you are more
apt to find it everywhere. Examples include autism (which was
historically dismissed as someone being "simple") & Alzheimer's
(again, historically dismissed as someone simply "getting old"),
which were both traditionally dismissed as other conditions
until the scientific and medical community addressed them as
such.
** The conditions that we are observing in humans may be "mild"
but they are noticeable.
** HPAI is well-known in birds and at least one instance in pigs
(which would potentially allow the condition to be more easily
transmissible to humans).
With these and other facts, we must be cognizant that HPAI is a
growing threat to humans. The amount of the increase in that
threat may be debated but the increase itself should not be
debated.
Add to this situation that Covid-19 continues to evolve (as of
this writing, XEC is on the rise but has not become the dominant
strain in the US) and our population faces significant
challenges. A majority of Americans are neither masking nor
getting vaccinated for the latest strains.
While I hope that these challenges do not rise to what occurred
in 2020, we can't guarantee that. It is up to us, those who are
Covid Cautious, to protect ourselves from future hardships as
best as we can. What I am suggesting is not "doom-saying" but
merely a logical extension of the facts as they are presented.
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Re: US - California - Child recovering from HPAI
By: Masked Man Date: November 20, 2024, 1:49 pm
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Steve,
Very well said! One can't help but admire what I consider are
your sincere scientific observations that 'tell it like it is'.
What you say is substantial and full of reason. You are making
noteworthy points based on observation of real occurrences that
all of us concerned should take heed and live accordingly to
such insights the best we can!
There but for the grace of the mask go I,
The Masked Man
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Re: US - California - HPAI Thread
By: Data Report Date: December 23, 2024, 5:37 pm
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I have changed the title of this thread and going forward we
will use this for all Bird Flu/H5N1 cases in humans in
California. There will also be a national thread but I feel
California deserves its own thread as they have been the hardest
hit by this. Both threads will be pinned in the section.
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Re: US - California - HPAI Thread
By: Data Report Date: December 23, 2024, 5:40 pm
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Last Wednesday, December 18th California Governor Gavin Newsom
declared a state of emergency due to H5N1 bird flu.
HTML https://www.npr.org/2024/12/18/nx-s1-5233110/bird-flu-first-severe-human-case-cdc-louisiana
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Re: US - California - HPAI Thread
By: Data Report Date: December 24, 2024, 10:00 am
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LA County is now reporting it's 1st Human case of H5N1 Bird Flu.
HTML https://laist.com/news/health/los-angeles-county-bird-flu-first-human-case-h5n1
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