CDC confirms Oregon’s first-ever human case of bird flu (www.opb.org)

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Oregon confirmed its first human case of avian influenza, linked to a poultry operation in Clackamas County.

The H5N1 strain has infected millions of birds and other animals, but poses a low risk to the public with mild symptoms and no evidence of person-to-person transmission

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

The first big leap is from animal to human. The next transmission is the one we should really be concerned with, the transmission from human to human.

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