- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26197829
British Columbia teen had no underlying health conditions and had been exposed to dogs, cats and reptiles, officials say
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241112230713/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/canada-bird-flu-teenager-hospital
Less contagious than COVID-19, from the Wikipedia article:
Viruses evolve to spread by spreading. It’ll start low and climb up
We are doing our best to learn nothing
So less contagious than the most contagious virus ever known in history? What a relief.
The worry for decades is a mutation that makes it as contagious as it is in birds, which may be a mild game over scenario if it ever happens.
Not to worry, it’s not like there’s another highly contagious virus making the rounds that bird flu could swap genes with if a coinfection occurs. Aren’t we fortunate?