2024 January 15 at (…)
Pay-walled Washington Post’s URL
TLDR :
(…) H5N1 avian influenza (…) cases of humans getting seriously sick from this strain of flu are rare. (…) scientists concerned about the pathogen turning into another pandemic. “Every year that this doesn’t happen, (…) we’re being lucky.”
Comment :
The article describe in a very dramatic way (which might be over dramatic? … I couldn’t say really because I’m not a biologist) well, the article says that it is very concerning taking into account dozens of mammal species and 100s of bird species (which carry this virus around the world) is spreading//affected now.
There seems to be a common thread in a lot of these new pathogens: they all seem to start in intensified animal agriculture operations. The absolute deplorable conditions we keep these animals in is a spawning ground for disease.