Scientists are on alert for signs the virus is adapting to spread more easily among humans, after the WHO announced the death from April

Scientists are on alert for signs the virus is adapting to spread more easily among humans, after the WHO announced the death from April

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said a man’s death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human.

The WHO said Wednesday it wasn’t clear how the person became infected. “Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, A(H5N2) viruses have been reported in poultry in Mexico,” WHO said in a statement.

Scientists are on alert for changes in the virus that could signal that bird flu is adapting to spread more easily among humans.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    6 months ago

    Scientists are on alert for changes in the virus that could signal that bird flu is adapting to spread more easily among humans.

    I should certainly hope so. I wonder if I should buy an extra package of toilet paper on my next grocery run.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        During the panic buying days, my local grocer was sold out of all canned food except hominy.

        Because people would rather starve than eat hominy.

        • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          3·
          6 months ago

          I volunteer at a food pantry above the mason dixon line and we always have a shelf full of the stuff. No one here knows what to do with it and when they try it, even with a recipe, they dont like it.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            The store I mentioned is in the Rio Grande Valley. People here know how to cook hominy and would still rather go to the store during a pandemic and return without food than to endure hominy.

            EDIT: I didn’t buy any, either. Everyone was going for canned food and dried food like the power was gonna go out. I had better luck with frozen food. The valley treats every crisis like it’s a hurricane.