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Type A H5N1 influenza has been spreading through animals and some people in the United States. There have been 70 cases in that country since during the past year, according to the World Health Organization, though researchers and studies suggest that’s likely an undercount.

In Mexico, the girl was in serious condition in a hospital in Torreon in the neighboring state of Coahuila, the health ministry said in a statement Friday. It said she had initially been treated with an anti-flu medication.

It was not known how the girl contracted the virus. Investigators were testing wild birds in the vicinity of the girl’s home, the statement said.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (4 children)

On the bright side the MAGA people won’t take the vaccine once it’s created

[–] fishpen0@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What are the odds a non us country invents it this time and our government makes it illegal to import into the US. Or even if it is invented here, RFK will make sure nobody can get it

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

No one will get it for free* more likely than not at all

[–] overcooked_sap@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It wasn’t the US last time but ok. Neither of the two big MRNA vaccine producers were US.

Tell me you’re USanian without telling me.

[–] fishpen0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Ah, I can see how my wording makes it sound like I was implying that. I actually work in healthcare and am acutely aware of the decline in the US pharmaceutical industries ability to innovate relative to other countries

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

Thank you for giving me hope for the future.

[–] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

It's too dangerous. The world has to take this seriously.

[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s not a bright side for their neighbours.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Well it’s the only bright side so take it or leave it

[–] titi@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

What could possibly go wrong(er than with covid) with the host country slashing science and health organisations while their chief health moron suggests to just drink milk?...

[–] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Okay we had flu from bats, now we have flu from birds. Which othet animals fly? Could be important to predict the next flu.

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ll believe it when pigs fly

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

"Should I, ahh, write the check, sir?"

"No."

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

That's a symptom? Crazy

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Bat -> Bird -> Bug

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

I wonder if someone with gif skills can make one of the final scene in that movie where Bond is standing there waiting for the missiles to hit and one missile is tariffs , another is the next pandemic, and another is a breakdown of the geopolitical world order.

I wish I had the skill but I don't.

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago
[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The health ministry said the risk to the general population from the virus was considered low.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They'll say that until a long time after the risk is no longer low.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's no particular reason to believe this was spread human-human.

[–] kbotc@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

“Young child in Mexico has novel influenza” was Swine Flu’s start. So I always get a little nervous reading about it.

The slightly better news is that compared to COVID, influenza sucks at spreading, so our non-pharmaceutical interventions are liable to stall it out pretty well.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

No, but it’s undoubtedly coming.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Carnists really believe that they can build endless torture/murder factories pouring out oceans of blood, shit, and disease without any consequences.

[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Don’t look up

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

close border to US please. Stop this spread from US reaching the globe.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not yet. I guarantee she'll die some day.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

This virus has incredibly high fatality compared to others, she was still hospitalized in critical condition in Durango when the news broke yesterday. If she does survive then I'll be filled with surprise and joy, but I'm not betting on it. People need to know the stakes at hand.