#avian influenza

[snuuufi]

when i say yall need to be wearing masks NOW, do you think i don't mean it?

you think im doing it for the haha?

x x ignoring it will not protect you or your loved ones from disability

x it won't stop you from infecting and ruining a persons life, possibly killing them

x get. a grip. find some solidarity and common sense within you. put on a mask

[covid-safer-hotties]

[saeboria]

hiii here's a little thing I made up on canva last night. just some actions i'm taking / tips on how to be safe from bird flu. i got chickens last year after wanting them for as long as i can remember and it has been unfortunately veryyyy stressful haha :,) I'm obviously no professional or an expert by any means, but I still wanted to share things I've been doing for the past ~2+ months. I recommend looking at Michele Forbes, DVM @ drforbeez on TikTok / IG for more information ♥

[buttonbuckfarm]

Joined the WA state Quarterly Meat-Up. Good news is WA risk is relatively low currently. I’ll share some bullet points here for people interested.

Monthly testing is done on all grade-A dairies.

All positive cases in WA have been from DIRECT contamination from infected or deceased birds. No tracking over from other sources yet, at least here in WA.

Beef cattle has yet to test positive. H5N1 has learned to reside in mammary tissue, aka the udders.

The only current active H5N1 watch area is Mason county.

Reporting mystery dead birds immediately is the most important thing. You will only be compensated for birds that are alive upon call response happening.

A home flock eradicated due to H5N1 will get a 180 indemnity period before re-introducing birds.

Human transmission seems to be primarily from inhaling particulates of infected bird feces. Feces have a high rate of viral shedding.

The CDC has received large scale cuts to lab testing and vaccination planning, impacting our ability to respond across the country if/when things worsen.

If the recording is posted afterwards, I’ll share that as well.

[possumsinpeoplesuits]

...Whelp, at least I got to fill the other hot dog of this meme I made in like February when RSV was going around.

Yay? ;-;

[verschlimmbesserung]

Masking is community care and public health care.

Illinois attempting to codify right to mask into law:

Now this is the way to Make America Healthy Again - the Right to protect yourself from airborne pathogens.

[3liza]

finding this little golden-crowned kinglet dead in the alley today sort of emotionally destabilized me. then i had to spend two hours beating the shit out of government websites trying to find out who im supposed to report dead wild birds to for H1N5 testing and never got a straight fucking answer about whether someone wants to test the body or not.

it affects me in a way i cant really articulate that i never saw him while he was alive

[susanoos-wife]

[disasterhimbo]

I’m not sure if anyone’s noticed, but if you’re wondering why I often go days without posting anything recently, it’s the long covid. Sometimes I’m too tired to even use my phone in bed.

Wear a respirator (KN95 or better, N95s tend to seal better but it depends on your face shape).

There’s a 10% chance of long covid every time you get infected, 59% of transmission is asymptomatic, you can get it outside (I did), and this shit sucks ass. Also, there’s gonna be a bird flu pandemic soon too if there isn’t already.

[kj-bishop]

Posting this for Australians, mainly.

"In a country as vast as Australia, the public plays an important role too.

We’re being asked to immediately report any unusual bird deaths to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

Health authorities have also warned against handling sick or dead birds."

[fox-bright]

So the info is FINALLY out about the poor kid in Canada with H5N1.

She is thirteen, with a history of mild asthma and was overweight. She "presented to an emergency department in British Columbia with a 2-day history of conjunctivitis in both eyes and a 1-day history of fever. She was discharged home without treatment, but cough, vomiting, and diarrhea then developed, and she returned to the emergency department on November 7 in respiratory distress with hemodynamic instability. On November 8, she was transferred, while receiving bilevel positive airway pressure, to the pediatric intensive care unit at British Columbia Children’s Hospital with respiratory failure, pneumonia in the left lower lobe, acute kidney injury, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia."

They threw everything at this kid. Intensive respiratory support (was intubated and put on ECMO), three different antivirals (oseltamavir, amantadine, baloxavir), renal replacement therapy as her kidneys failed, plasma exchanges every day for three days (in an attempt to lower the concentration of cytokines in her blood and prevent/lessen the storm). "No evidence of reduced susceptibility to any of the three antiviral agents used in treatment was observed" in samples which were cultured--and honestly, I'm not sufficiently-educated to understand what that means in this case. The drugs we have aren't any weaker against it, and it still took all three? Or did they just hit her with everything because it's Canada, she is a child, and this shit is scary? But what it sounds like to me is "the drugs we have are as strong against H5N1 as they were ever going to be, and it's not enough."

"It is notable that lower-respiratory specimens consistently yielded lower Ct values than upper-respiratory specimens, a finding that suggested higher viral levels in the lower-respiratory tract." So, strong samples from her lungs, weaker samples from throat and sinuses. Nnnnot great.

Notable, but not surprising, is that the virus in her body showed the HA mutation which makes it more adapted to humans. In the serious New Orleans case with a similar mutation, the sick birds he was exposed to didn't show it, meaning it happened inside his body; in this case we don't know where the exposure was, just that it was the same virus type as was present in local birds, but it's probable that it also happened after she was sickened rather than before.

Link to paper below:

[criminalmints]

This post was advertised to me and I couldn't reblog it. If you haven't already heard, avian flu is contagious to cats. Please read about it in this post.

Please keep your cats inside. They will be so much safer in every case, from anything.

[covid-safer-hotties]

Source

[covidsafecosplay]

Key points:

Avian influenza viruses, which can cause bird flu illness, mainly infect and spread among wild birds and domestic poultry. However, some avian influenza viruses can infect and spread to other animals, including pets. While it is unlikely that you would get sick with bird flu from direct contact with your infected pet, it is possible. If your pets (including pet birds, cats or dogs) go outside and eat or are exposed to sick or dead birds, dairy cows, or other animals infected with avian influenza viruses, they could become infected. Prevent pets from interacting with wild birds, backyard poultry, cows, or other outdoor animals. Keep pets away from clothes, surfaces or environments that could potentially be contaminated with avian influenza viruses. Do not feed pets raw pet food or unpasteurized (raw) milk.

[verschlimmbesserung]

From above link:

"False narratives are being used to dehumanize people and criminalize a basic preventative health practice.

In reality, most of the people still masking are among the strongest, most self-assured people I’ve known.

They are the least concerned about other’s perceptions, the most concerned about others/our collective well-being, are embodying self-care by protecting their health (and mental health), willing to interrogate their choices and motivations, and are committed to accepting and integrating data and new information - even when they want desperately to be wrong about what they learn.

They are also among the most alienated, judged, ignored, harassed, invisibilized, and forgotten."

[susanoos-wife]