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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Didn't 2020 pop off with one of the worst Australian bushfires still ongoing, and then one of the worst wildfires in California/Oregon began? And then, you know... that little pandemic thing? How's the bird-flu thing been so far this year? Just wondering

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Some guy in California fed raw bird flu milk to his cats and killed 2 blinded a third, iirc.

So...on the way.

[–] Pacattack57 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Currently cows are the main carrier of interest for one of the two strains of bird flu that are a concern in the US. The viral particles are being detected in their milk. Hence bird flu milk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

why dont they call it the cow flu then

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Because you can't just use up the easy to remember names like that. We've had bird flu, SARS, MERS, swine flu, COVID... We might need cow flu to name a different coronavirus in a few years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] werefreeatlast 5 points 3 days ago

If you stay about 20' from a cow, the milker can't shoot milk in your face. The physics behind it are pretty clear, yes cow flu milk is airborne but with a splash mask and 20' distance, we'll have it all under control.

[–] Snapz 1 points 2 days ago

Some guy, you mean RFK Jr. probably. And soon mandatory lunch snack at the public tax voucher-funded Christian school your kids will attend (you won't HAVE TO go, but the only other schools won't bee subverted by the voucher.... So, up to you bro....)

[–] Chee_Koala 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think with the "Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak" headline from today, we might tip in to a new record breaking year wikiwiki !