A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the United States since the virus was first detected in dairy cattle in late March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

The infection of a dairy worker in Michigan expands the outbreak of the bird flu, though the CDC said the risk to the general public remains low.

The CDC told reporters on a call that it has not seen evidence of human to human transmission of bird flu and that it has tested close to 40 people since March, including the Michigan worker.

Michigan and Texas are among nine states that have reported bird flu in dairy herds since late March. Scientists have said they believe the outbreak is more widespread based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration findings of H5N1 particles in about 20% of retail milk samples.

  • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    6 months ago

    This is going to be fine.

    We have plenty of experience at this point handing a pandemic.

    People will just be responsible with masking and isolating to limit the spread while waiting to be first in line for a vaccine when it’s…

    😂 Sorry, I just couldn’t keep it going straight. It was nice knowing you all. 🤣

  • Goodie@lemmy.world
    221·
    6 months ago

    The CDC told reporters on a call that it has not seen evidence of human to human transmission of bird flu and that it has tested close to 40 people since March, including the Michigan worker.

    If, and only if, we see human to human transmission, then we sorry. Not before.

  • SoupBrick
    121·
    6 months ago

    Third US dairy worker infected with bird flu confirmed in Michigan

    Fourth US dairy worker infected with bird flu confirmed in Michigan

    Seventy-eighth US dairy worker infected with bird flu confirmed in Michigan

    Officials baffled, wondering why cases could possibly be spreading

    • voracitude@lemmy.world
      311·
      6 months ago

      Good luck with that. The largest economy in the world can’t even stop putting literal poison in the food. Where’s the will going to come from?

      It’s going to take nothing less than a wholesale collapse, and even then most of these chucklefucks - the ones left, anyway - will be looking to get back to the way things were at any cost.

      • iiGxC@slrpnk.net
        82·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, but the more people who recognize that animal agriculture needs to end and then act accordingly, the better. Same with any other justice movement: see the problem, take action to solve it.

      • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
        1428·
        6 months ago

        It’s going to come from people learning that unnecessary animal consumption makes us sick. Some people are/will be slower than others.

        • voracitude@lemmy.world
          241·
          6 months ago

          It’s going to come from people learning

          I’m sorry, I don’t know quite how to tell you this, but uh…

        • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
          105·
          6 months ago

          I’m an omnivore who respects and has some desire to be a vegetarian. You’re making vegetarianism look bad.

          • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
            512·
            6 months ago

            Would you have preferred it if I called them late instead of slow? Frankly I don’t care for your judgment either way, I’ve been a committed vegan for 5 years and I don’t really believe you either respect the movement or desire to be vegetarian, let alone are being turned off making the right choice for yourself because of how I make it look. It’s not an aesthetic.

            • stoy@lemmy.zip
              61·
              6 months ago

              You don’t get people to sympathise with you and your cause by insulting them.

                • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
                  71·
                  6 months ago

                  Downvoting the guy who said “you don’t get people to agree with you by insulting them”. Also, insulting me when I said I supported vegetarianism. Also calling the majority of humanity “slow”, while willfully ignoring that not everyone has the blessing to be able to afford everything they think is most ethical, nor the blessing to have the education to desire alternatives to meat.

                  You’re just an asshole, and you justify it by preaching about how long you’ve been a vegan. I gave you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you were a troll, but you’re worse. You’re an arrogant narcissist who can’t handle criticism.

    • TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.eeEnglish
      59·
      6 months ago

      So how do you propose people get the b12 they need? Cover every meal in marmite, eat algae, or mass produce b12 supplements? Most foods that have high concentrations of B12 come from either dairy products or eggs.

      • iiGxC@slrpnk.net
        73·
        6 months ago

        Those animals are usually supplemented, just cut the middleman. Nutritional yeast is another good source of it

        • TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.eeEnglish
          23·
          6 months ago

          I already mentioned yeast, that’s what marmite is. Unless you mean just eating yeast directly? I don’t know about cows because I haven’t worked with them but I have worked with chickens which aren’t given b12 supplements and yet eggs still provide plenty of b12

          • iiGxC@slrpnk.net
            41·
            6 months ago

            Nutritional yeast is a great seasoning for food, it tastes good and is nutritional. And yeah, all the options you listed are better than animal agriculture