RonO
2025-02-16 00:33:18 UTC
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PermalinkThe person was exposed to the avian influenza from her backyard flock.
They are claiming to be following up and checking contacts and others
exposed to her birds.
The bad news is that three flocks in Wyoming were recently infected by
the B3.13 genotype. This means that Wyoming likely has infected dairy
herds in their state. The patient may be the second dairy virus victim
to be hospitalized (Missouri had the first hospitalization).
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-bird-flu-hospitalizations-rise-ohio-discloses-case/
Ohio is disclosing that their H5N1 patient has been hospitalized, so we
now have two serious cases of infection, but we do not know what virus
is infecting these patients, yet, just that it is H5N1. The Ohio
patient was exposed to sick poultry, but they are not saying if it was a
commercial flock.
The Colorado health department seems to be involved with the Wyoming
case because she was admitted to a Colorado hospital.
The CDC needs to change their response. After the Louisiana case I
stated that they needed to put out a warning for people that raised
backyard birds. They are most exposed to infected wild birds, and these
people need to carefully monitor their birds and contact the CDC and
USDA if their animals show any symptoms. They need to limit their
contact with the animals and get them tested as quickly as possible.
The D1.1 infection has already been shown to be lethal. We now have two
more hospitalizations, one of which involved backyard birds, and the CDC
is still not doing anything differently.
Ron Okimoto