cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/16298382
TL;DR: don’t drink raw milk. Get an ordinary flu shot if you haven’t already.
Covid 2: Electric Boogaloo
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.
Submitted 2 days ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
Comments
billwashere@lemmy.world 2 days ago
OpenStars@piefed.social 2 days ago
I wonder why an "emergency"? The person who got sick was in Louisiana, and pasteurized milk, unlike raw, is entirely safe to drink. So if nobody in CA is sick, then...? The article did not seem to answer why.
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.
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 day 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.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Who told you that nobody in California is sick?
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 day ago
The article specifically said that?
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This is a nothing burger. Humans aren’t good at calculating risk, especially risk in our huge, modern world. And many have a sort of COVID PTSD. And the media is hyping on that.
tl;dr; Walking out your front door is far riskier.