Bird Flu Jumps to a Mammal in Minnesota – IOTW Report

Bird Flu Jumps to a Mammal in Minnesota

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A goat in Minnesota has tested positive for bird flu, in the first case of bird flu in domestic livestock in US history.

The baby goat, who tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1, the strain of bird flu that has been spreading since 2022, was from a farm in Stevens County in the west of the state.

Officials suspect the goat caught the flu from the infected bird because the animals shared the same space and had access to a shared water source.

Dr Thomas Moore, an infectious diseases doctor at the University of Kansas, say it marks a ‘worrisome development’ because it shows the virus is edging closer to infecting other mammals and even humans.

It is rare for mammals to get bird flu because they have fewer of the receptors in their upper airways which the virus binds to.

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21 Comments on Bird Flu Jumps to a Mammal in Minnesota

  1. Pretty rare to get a worldwide Covid pandemic from bats too but when elections are just around the corner anything can happen.
    We’ll have to vote by mail or online to assure everyone’s safety.

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  2. Calling Tony “Mengele” Fauxi!
    Calling Tony “Mengele” Fauxi!

    You’re needed in Minnesota … and call Klaus – the experiment was a success!

    mortem tyrannis
    izlamo delenda est …

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  3. So….CCP has almost perfected it!
    Xi – “Get the balloons ready!!!”
    I swear that all the mature hardwood trees all over Maryland are dying off, after getting covered in lichen. I started noticing it a few years ago. I don’t see anything in the news covering it. I bet that’s what the balloons were for – releasing a fungus that kills our trees.

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  4. Hey guys, no worries! We have this hot new, eh, “Vaccine” that is just FOR *crosses something on label out, writes “GOAT”* BirdGoat Flu! Our new mRna shot, good for babies thru elderly! Ask for it by name, from the comfort of your own home, where we’ll be SURE to mail you ballots! For your safety! Remember, stay home ’til mid November to slow the spread!

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