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   McNadoMD (mcnado@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 04:23:54 JST McNadoMD

   Are you a 20-40 year old in the US right now? Did ya get a flu shot? No? Go get one. Right the fuck now.

   We have had multiple otherwise healthy young adults hospitalized with severe influenza A infections. A few have died of complications. These were people who had zero risk factors. Get your flu shots folks!

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     Kathmandu (kathmandu@stranger.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 14:44:42 JST Kathmandu

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     • Heather

     @mcnado

     I had the impression that H5N1 bird flu was a specific form of Flu A?

     @abbynormative

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     McNadoMD (mcnado@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 14:44:43 JST McNadoMD

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     • Heather

     @abbynormative we are not if they have typable flu. If we have a mystery virus, yes.

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     Heather (abbynormative@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 14:44:44 JST Heather

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     @mcnado are you testing for bird flu? https://www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han00520.html

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     Kathmandu (kathmandu@stranger.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 14:58:15 JST Kathmandu

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     • Heather

     @Infoseepage

     Thank you for the explanation.. That 'testing for all the other types they could, and those coming up negative' could explain the phrase "presumptive positive" in news articles. And yes, I'd heard that only a few labs can test for H5N1.

     @mcnado @abbynormative