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Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO
Chief scientist voices fears about H5N1 variant that has ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate in humans
"An outbreak that began in 2020 has led to the deaths or killing of tens of millions of poultry."
"Most recently, the spread of the virus within several mammal species, including in domestic cattle in the US, has increased the risk of spillover to humans, the WHO said."
"Cows and goats joined the list of species affected last month – a surprising development for experts because they were not thought susceptible to this type of influenza. "
So what happens if people start dying from this?
In theory we've already got vaccines for the flu.
"US government is testing avian flu vaccines for birds, but ending the historic outbreak isn’t that simple"
"The CDC says there are trials underway of vaccines that could be used to protect humans in case the virus changes and becomes more of a threat."
And humans will be better prepared than with Covid as we've had flus before.
But what happens if we start seeing numbers like Covid?