I know we'll never get it, but one thing I would really love is to hear a Boeing exec's genuine answer to the question, 'What did you think was going to happen when the quarterly financials became more important than the planes?' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Friday, 4/26 @ 12:00 ET | H5N1: Gauging the Current Threat

Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH will moderate a discussion with Dr. Mary-Margaret Fill TN Dept. of Health, Dr. Gerald Parker Global One Health, & Lauren Sauer University of Nebraska Medical Center on the potential impact of #H5N1 .

Register Here: events.brown.edu/event/h5n1

LFG

It is really hard to see how it is not a scandal that Dept. of Agriculture has not shared what its own FAQs on the situation indicate are *extensive* viral sequence data on H5N1 in cattle in 8 states.

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statnews.com/2024/04/18/h5n…

All of this 👇🏻

Great insights from Dr. ⁦Dr Alexandra Phelan⁩ on pathogen access and benefit sharing as a critical component to not only the accord, but also outbreak response/pandemic prevention. The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…

Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/04/19/hea…

“Most recently, the spread of the virus w/in several mammal species, including in domestic cattle in the US, has increased the risk of spillover to humans, the WHO said. ‘This remains I think an enormous concern,’ - ⁦⁦⁦Jeremy Farrar⁩ theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

1. CDC issued a statement today explaining what it's doing to assess the risk to people of #H5N1 #birdflu in dairy cows. Among their actions: monitoring ER visit data from hospitals near outbreaks looking for an increase in flu-like illness or conjunctivitis. No far, none

HPIA is expanding rapidly but the epi investigation and answers to critical questions is stuck are low gear. Why?

After the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, many reports identified reforms needed for outbreak preparedness

Yet there was little action

The COVID-19 pandemic led to over 25 million deaths

We know how to prepare for the next pandemic, yet there's little action

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