Early release of CDC report on #H5N1 notes:

➡️Signs of systemic illness in dairy cattle, 'abundant virus shedding in milk'
➡️High death rate (≈50%) of farm cats fed raw colostrum/milk
➡️Suggests cross-species, mammal-to-mammal transmission

Source:
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30…

Auston Matthews misses practice again. The Maple Leafs are preparing to play do-or-die Game 5 without him.

The Toronto superstar was pulled from Saturday’s game against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed illness. trib.al/4W9Pj7v

Dr. Luanne Metz, Alberta NDP Health Critic, issued the following statement in response to the flu death toll in Alberta:

“The news that Alberta has seen the highest flu death toll in 15 years is devastating, but once again, not entirely surprising.

“Health officials have been…

We stopped eating dairy about 6 weeks ago.
An easy transition, lost a couple pounds, and unlikely to go back.

“Remains confident” is one of the scariest phrases you will ever read.

Hmmmmmmm

Another wave is beginning in the U.K.

Hearing from multiple people on the ground that cases are taking off yet again.

England, latest official ONS COVID report. Clear uptick like we’re at the beginning of another wave.

Which is surprising given we’re into year 5 and surely there’s widespread and robust population immunity by now!
⚠️ sarcasm ⚠️

I can name 10 people, at least, both on and off the ice that should not be with the Toronto Maple Leafs next season.

Sheldon Keefe is near the top of the list. These postgame comments last night, on their own, are a fireable offense…

and not just because of proximity. Because it looks like the US situation is broader and more longstanding than first thought

If it was spreading for a while before they knew, it could be doing the same here. Bulk tank testing is a first step (low sensitivity but an easy start)

Classrooms are undermined by chronic student absences.
You are like a movie set facade: you look like a human but there’s nothing inside.

Drunk driver Marco Michael Muzzo was given 10 years.
Milly lived for 1009 days; less than 3 years.
Harry lived for 1908 days, just over 5 years.
Daniel lived for 3,523 days; He lived less than 10 years.
Muzzo has served 1,656 days. He served just 4 yrs b4 given day parole.

This.

The Leafs are hopeless. Zero desire, fight or motivation.
Coming from a culture of losing is extremely hard to overcome, but it is clear that this group will never amount to anything in the playoffs.

The great Stan Rogers.

youtube.com/watch?v=R5_zvu…

Interesting British one hit wonder that is a blatant Lennon ripoff which would have fit perfectly on Walls and Bridges. Listen for the Harrisonesque slide guitar.

youtube.com/watch?v=tl0elX…

KP.2 variant can escape immunity from the most recent vaccines as well as natural (breakthrough) infection with JN.1 afterwards, find The Sato Lab (Kei Sato)

JN.1 descendant KP.2 is taking off quickly, projected at 25% of US specimens. KP.2 has a few new mutations that seem to make it more fit and able to outcompete other variants. It's also evading prior immunity from vaccine and infection more than JN.1 does. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…