Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: RonO Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: BC Canada patient with H5 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:48:58 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rokimoto557@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="39513"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:abh+TER+yKW1bZEJvEfIyxbYElM= Return-Path: X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id C1A93229782; Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:49:15 -0500 (EST) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E9EA229765 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:49:13 -0500 (EST) id DC5435DF9C; Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:49:12 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org by mod-relay-1.kamens.us (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA96C5DF9B for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:49:12 +0000 (UTC) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-256) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.eternal-september.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 170E05F71B for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:49:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: name/170E05F71B; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com id 987E6DC01BA; Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:49:05 +0100 (CET) X-Injection-Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:49:05 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX19840B/D1xH9BhWMHF2gY7wM1uIbKC2S6s= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US FREEMAIL_FORGED_REPLYTO,FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_IN_WELCOMELIST,USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 smtp.eternal-september.org Bytes: 3696 On 11/12/2024 10:00 AM, RonO wrote: > https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/canada-probes- > suspected-avian-flu-infection-hospitalized-teen > > They do not know if this patient was infected by the dairy virus.  There > have been wild bird cases of H5N1 (not dairy?) in recent months, but the > dairy variant has been identified in Washington.  Washington refuses to > test their dairies to determine if they have infected herds even after > poultry workers were infected.  In all other cases the poultry farms got > the virus from nearby dairies.  It is a dairy epidemic.  Utah just > confirmed this by finding 8 infected dairies in the same county that the > poultry farm was located, but Washington and Oregon are refusing to test > their herds. > > Ron Okimoto > The LA times claims that the teen is in critical condition. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-13/teenager-infected-with-h5n1-bird-flu-in-critical-condition They have sequenced the virus and it is not the dairy strain B3.13. It is strain D1.1 of the H5N1 virus infecting wild migratory birds. Ron Okimoto