Staff Reports
Listen up, folks! The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm about the possibility of bird flu spreading among our dairy cows in the good ol’ U.S. of A. Chief Scientist Jeremy Farrar is nearly shaking in his boots about the potential for human-to-human transmission of this deadly H5N1 virus. He’s warning us that if the virus evolves enough to infect us humans and then spread between us, we’re in for a real doozy of a pandemic! Yikes!
According to the WHO, this bird flu has already made its way from animals to hundreds of people, making it a serious threat to us all. And get this, Farrar says it has a super high mortality rate among humans. That means if you catch it, you might be in big trouble. And to top it off, the WHO is admitting that they’re not on top of developing a vaccine for this thing. So much for being prepared, right?
Tedros takes over in May. Conveniently there’s a disease on hand to exercise his power.
Bird flu spilling over to humans ‘enormous concern,’ WHO says – Washington Examiner https://t.co/5k3Zt6n4lU
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But hold on to your hats, my fellow Americans, because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to calm the waters by saying the current public health risk is “low.” Now, that’s a relief! But remember, we’ve got to keep an eye on those sneaky birds and make sure they don’t pass their flu on to us cows and, heaven forbid, to each other. Stay vigilant, my friends!
