Comment on How Worried Should We Be About Bird Flu? California has declared a state of emergency over the virus. We asked experts how concerned they are.

OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sale of raw milk is legal in California, and the cows are widely infected. Bird flu is showing up in sewage in most of the state, which suggests that there are likely to be a whole bunch more infected people who don’t realize what they have.

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  • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thank you for answering. My comment probably sounded like conspiratorial nonsense, but you answered as if it were - and it was - authentic, so thanks.

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Who told you that nobody in California is sick?

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  • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The article specifically said that?

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    • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No it didn’t

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      • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Maybe I misunderstood - hence why I asked - but passages such as these led me to question what then it was trying to say:

        “If you’re not working directly with animals right now, it would not be the top thing that I’d be worried about... It’s unlikely right now that’s going to be a problem for most people.”

        "... right now, there’s no reason to panic or really do anything beyond avoid raw milk products.”

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