With #H5N1 #birdflu spreading amongst dairy cows, one of the most important things to think about right now is what would need to happen for this virus to actually start a pandemic.
I'm on a train, so a brief thread...

Have to do better than this

H5N1 bird flu found at 6 more dairy farms, including 4 in Michigan, 1 in Idaho and 1 in Colorado.

This raises the total number of outbreaks on dairy farms in the U.S. to 42.

“It seems that these viruses must have some kind of ‘special sauce’ that has allowed them to find ways to persistently spread, evolve, and cause what appear to be increasingly serious problems in both wildlife and domesticated animals,”
statnews.com/2024/05/09/bir…

In the face of ever expanding outbreak of #H5N1 , no increase in sequence data sharing to track the evolution of the virus.

Most virus data from mid March, latest from 1st week April. April 6 last seq from Michigan, yet 4 more farms affected.

How has the virus changed in the…

Welcome news from CDC CDC Flu. These timely updates will help to inform us of their latest data and guidance related to #H5N1 outbreak.

This report was first to inform us of the antiviral drug resistant virus isolated from one of the cows. Very imp data.

Progress. 🙏

There are ways to shine more light on the national #H5N1 virus outbreak in dairy cows:
Testing wastewater systems could serve as sentinels for human disease -Michael Osterholm
Surveillance of wastewater & milk samples is valuable to shed light on how virus is changing w/o going into…

We need a timeline of what happened and full explanation for why State Police came onto UVA Grounds to tear gas and arrest members of our community.

arrests and mace and or gas, dozens and dozens of cops ripping down tents

Scientists from CDC and the Texas health department report on the human case of #H5N1
#birdflu infection, which they suggest may be the first detected case of H5 that involved mammal to human infection. statnews.com/2024/05/03/bir…

Agree. We need to do more testing + sequencing in Ag workers

uché blackstock, md Just finished your book! I’ve followed your work since the COVID-19 pandemic began and have appreciated learning from you!

It should be an easy lesson from COVID to make sure there’s data sharing between public health scientists and agencies monitoring outbreaks in animal populations.

Apparently, public health officials are struggling to gain access to farms to conduct a thorough epi study. They' haven't started critically imp antibodies studies among workers at farms or milk processing facilities, nor have they started these critical studies for cows/farm…

Late shoutout to Dr. Taison Bell for giving NIH Staff Clinician Grand Rounds “Unraveling the Mysteries of Academic Medicine”. Great insights from his work as Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs at UVA.

Thanks for coming back home and sharing your wisdom, Taison!

.NIH Funding for the COVID-19 Pandemic

'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, RTI International, UCLA Health and Duke University received $2.14 BILLION, or ~ 50.6% of all COVID-19 funding‼️'

Also, look at all the NIH clinical trials across all University of California Health hospitals.💙💛

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