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Ginger-Jesus t1_ja5ypw9 wrote

Hey look, it's good news for once

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SpeakerSuccessful437 t1_ja62kwj wrote

So, I guess the flu case was just from direct contact with a sick bird, rather then human to human transmission?

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SidewinderTV t1_ja68fjy wrote

Apparently she lived with 20+ birds in her home so that’s probably a safe bet.

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hamonabone OP t1_ja78w1g wrote

Yeah people do this in rural Cambodia to protect their birds from theft or death during the night. Envision a tiny molded wooden cabin with two floors and a metal roosting ladder going up the stairs into the common sleeping area. You're sleeping with the chickens, the cats, and the half starved kittens and mosquitos along with other family members under a mosquito net and limited electricity. I don't recommend it to anyone.

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vantways t1_ja6px7j wrote

Yes, it was also confirmed to be the old strain of bird flu (the one that had caused infections in ~2015 I think?), which means the strain that's been making headlines for infecting mammals (minks, seals, bears, etc) has not spilled over into humans which is great news

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SpeakerSuccessful437 t1_ja7ptyl wrote

That is good news, I remember the panic on this sub a few days ago, when we thought we had another pandemic on our hands. I guess I can look forward to a normal March Madness basketball month next month, LOL!

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barondelongueuil t1_ja6dqxy wrote

I mean the first news reporting on the bird flu outbreak in Cambodia came from a weird source that really looked unreliable and it somehow got tens of thousands of upvotes.

Yet, when I tried to find anything about it on other major news sources in multiple languages and from multiple countries, I didn’t manage to find even a single article. No statement from the WHO. Nothing anywhere.

So just from that I knew it was a normal outbreak that had no human to human transmission and it was 100% clickbait.

Trust me, if we had human to human transmission of the bird flu, the scientific community would be utterly freaking the fuck out and it would be all over the news immediately.

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CritterTeacher t1_ja7yakx wrote

I think it’s worth considering that the scientific community has learned from the mistakes made during the early days of covid. Science reporting has long been known to lose a lot in translation, but I think there’s a fine line between keeping people informed and putting out incomplete information that will be turned into scare pieces.

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barondelongueuil t1_ja810ay wrote

The scientific community learned from its mistakes… but did the media learn?

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TSL4me t1_ja7iykp wrote

Theres a 60 day incubation period and its spreading across the world /s

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