A use for a mask I had not thought of.

“Only about 10% of the DRC’s suspected mpox cases in 2023 were tested, due to limited testing capacity, meaning health officials ‘don’t have a full picture of what’s going on’” nature.com/articles/d4158…

A bird cam in the Netherlands captured a falcon dying of suspected bird flu and falling out of the nest. Her chicks died a short time later.

(Warning: Upsetting images)

What USDA said: 'We need time to develop an understanding to support any future courses of action.'

What we need USDA to say:
'USDA will soon release its plan to eliminate H5N1 transmission in dairy cows—
It may be revised as we get more information.'
cbsnews.com/news/milk-bird…

This is gonna get worse.

Do not panic
we are told we must not panic
but what is panic
if not an appropriate reaction
to a world
that is dying of complacency.

UPDATED:

Alberta Health Services is warning people that a person with lab-confirmed measles attended a number of Edmonton-area locations over the past eight days. #yeg

READ MORE: trib.al/iGBaoBm

How to prolong the food shelf life

[📹 green bean]

Beautiful shot of a pink-hued moon taken through cherry blossom tree limbs

Here's when we'll see full moons in 2024! 🌕⁣
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UT Austin right now. Protesters and DPS in a standoff on the main drag of campus

T. Ryan Gregory 'Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.'

On almost every global issue, complacency-mongering has done far, far, vastly, incalculably more damage than fearmongering ever has or ever could.

Ok so it’s airborne. You don’t need time, you need airborne precautions NOW.

2-2 This might also extrapolate into a risk for those who have small flocks of chickens in their yards related to H5N1.

1-2 Psittacosis. A sentence caught my attention. 'Although most diagnosed cases have direct exposure to birds, the infection may be acquired indirectly through the aerosolization of infective material in the grass or ground such as when mowing a lawn.'

promedmail.org/promed-post/?i…

Multiple #H5N1 cattle outbreak updates from the U.S. department of agriculture pouring in through Reuters, a few highlights below.

Virus being found in the lung of an *asymptomatic* dairy cow is among the notable developments, alongside heightened testing efforts:

Julia Marie tern twitter.com/EnemyInAState/…

JGoodman Personally, I’ve spent 27 years studying H5N1 viruses. So, I’m going to wait for data I hope is coming soon from both FDA (pasteurization) & USDA (genomic data & raw milk handling). Minor inconvenience to pause my milk consumption while waiting for data. Delayed transparency

Eric Feigl-Ding If milk from diseased cows is diverted and destroyed as they claim here x.com/RickABright/st… (attached), how is packaged milk for sale on store shelves testing positive?