H5N1 Avian Flu aka. HPAI

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Trump downplays bird flu epidemic, egg prices across the country soar (www.peoplesworld.org)

submitted 3 days ago by kinther to c/h5n1_avianflu

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[–] kitnaht 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I buy more of them when they die. Killing them because they have bird flu destroys their ability to adapt and combat that strain. Ones that don't die aren't completely immune from it, but they're pretty close.

I only have like 6 hens; I don't need to take the same precautions that farms do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And you’re not worried to get infected?

[–] kitnaht 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No? H5N1 is rarely transmissible to humans. The biggest fear is a mutation that allows human-to-human transmission.