4mo ago

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

apnews.com 1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises concerns about bird flu’s potential to become a human threat.

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It has already been in us humans, the pigs raised concerns then.

Gather thy bacon while ye may...

I'd like to meet the bird that fucked the pig.
- It’s a bird flu, not bird syphilis.
  
  I don't judge.

I wonder why no one has released a vaccine for it yet.
- There is a vaccine for chickens and turkeys for the bird flu. But poultry barns only use it when there are already outbreaks in their area, they don't consider the cost worth it most of the time. And no one is giving it to wild birds.

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