Notices by Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck (justyourluck@masto.ai)

Um...

"Trump Admin Shifting Away From Depopulation (culling/killing) for #H5N1 #BirdFlu"

"and rely instead on ‘biosecurity and medication’ to contain outbreaks"

Biosecurity is already being implemented!

And people don't want to buy chickens with antibiotics as it is, so ...

Yeah we'll see how this goes. 😳

https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/02/trump-admin-shifting-away-from-depopulation-for-bird-flu/

#H5N1 #BirdFlu found in batches of "free range chicken" raw #Cat food

Lot Numbers #22660 or #22664 and a "Best by" date of 12/2025.

#Washington #Oregon #Portland #Seattle #PNW #caturday

I hadn't put much thought into #Covid in deer... maybe #H5N1... till now I guess...

Captive deer in Texas show evidence of widespread COVID exposure

"...and found more mutations than expected compared to the same virus in humans."

"In Texas, captive deer are found in more than 1,000 facilities with 100 to300 animals each..."

"...may serve as a reservoir for the virus across North America..."

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/captive-deer-texas-show-evidence-widespread-covid-exposure

@Infoseepage

I do wonder about the steam coming up from the sick chicken as you stand above the pan cooking it, and whether the pathogen can survive that and infect you. Slow and low cooking, fast and high... So many different techniques people use. Is one method more risky or safer? Covered in an oven I suppose or an instant pot or similar.

This is concerning.

I don't think anyone has gotten sick much less died from EATING sick chickens...

"Cambodian man dies from #H5N1 avian flu, possibly after eating sick chickens"

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/cambodian-man-dies-h5n1-avian-flu-possibly-after-eating-sick-chickens

@Infoseepage
Luckily it's relatively easy to lock down an island(s). I remember when Hawaii lifted their #Covid lockdown. Made me sad bcuz, well...

Re Ill-equipped: If I remember right, the teenager in BC who had a severe case of #H5N1 got some sort of plasma treatment that requires special equipment that most hospitals have, just not enough to care for lots of ppl during a pandemic

Just because your local hospital has the proper equipment to deal with it, you better be the only one!

@sabik

@Infoseepage
That whole no planes bit has always amazed me. And barely automobile too. Travel was slow back then but that flu circled the planet pretty damn fast.
@sabik

What precautions are you currently taking against #H5N1?

What plans do you have in case it becomes a #pandemic?

What new purchases have you made in preparation?

Good article to throw at those who argue that letting kids get infected (colds, gastroenteritis, fever episodes, acute otitis media (earache), tonsilitis, and pneumonia) is good for their immune system...

If you're so inclined to try to educate them...

Early-life infection burden continues throughout childhood, new data reveal

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/early-life-infection-burden-continues-throughout-childhood-new-data

@Infoseepage
Ohhh good point!

That's the problem, isn't it? Once there is one "obvious" possibility, they don't look for other possibilities.

"CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was infected with, and became severely ill from #H5N1 virus.

The analysis identified low frequency mutations in the hemagglutinin gene of a sample sequenced from the patient, which were not found in virus sequences from poultry samples collected on the patient’s property...

...suggesting the changes emerged in the patient after infection."

https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-12232024.html

1) No surprise really
2) I wonder why in the past 2 months
3) Thank you thank you thank you to The Wayback Machine on The Internet Archive (https:archive.org) for saving webpages that "mysteriously" disappear.

The letter from Delta to the CDC instructing the CDC to let people go back to work while sick, *USED* to be available (on Delta's site) but it has been taken down.

#Covid

On the anniversary of Delta Airlines giving orders to the CDC. (Dec 21)

https://teamshuman.substack.com/p/delta-airlines-gave-orders-to-the-cdc

#BirdFlu confirmed in waterfowl in Woodstock, ‘numerous locations’ in #Illinois

U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines:

✅ Wear disposable gloves and a face #mask

✅ Place the bird or birds in a garbage bag without expelling air, and then throw the bag out in an outdoor garbage can

✅ Don’t touch the bird directly

✅ Wash any clothes that come into contact w/ the birds or their feces

✅ Disinfect soles of footwear that comes into contact w/ bird feces

#H5N1

https://www.dailyherald.com/20241221/news/bird-flu-confirmed-in-waterfowl-in-woodstock-numerous-locations-in-illinois/

“I don’t know if the #BirdFlu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.”

"The conjunctivitis that this is causing is not a mild one, but rather ruptured blood vessels & bleeding conjunctiva.”

“Producer refuses to send workers to a clinic to get tested... they're too busy. He has pinkeye, too."

The agriculture community has dictated the rules of engagement from the start. That was a big mistake.”

Workers: “The cows are more valuable than us.”

#H5N1

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bird-flu-spread-cattle-poultry-pandemic-cdc/

If you think #Covid is no big deal anymore, you should check out threads where people with #LongCovid are discussing how everyone is working.

Hint: They're not, or most definitely not at full capacity.

Also: Most getting denied disability pay.

Important: These people WANT to work!

#CovidIsNotOver #VaxIsNotEnough

#MaskUP & Stay Safe! 😷🫶

CALIFORNIA

There is ONE (1) lab in the state with the authority to confirm #H5N1 #BirdFlu

An exodus of most of the staff this year left only two people testing for the virus on a daily basis for a period of time.

😳

This article is not very comforting at all.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-01/lab-workers-conducting-californias-avian-flu-testing-report-mismanagement-overwork-burnout-amid-outbreak-season

So basically treat everyone driving as if they are driving drunk. That's what I've been doing. I look both ways while driving through a GREEN light. I've seen more people drive through a 🚦 red light recently than I have the entire rest of my life!

"The OR of car crashes associated with COVID-19 was comparable to driving under the influence of alcohol at legal limits or driving with a seizure disorder."

(I believe "OR" stands for Odds Ratio?)

#Covid #LongCovid

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/01.wnl.0001051276.37012.c2

So many people getting #Covid are baffled: "But I'm vaccinated"

It's not enough.

Do you think the big surge we're currently in is strictly made up of people who are unvaccinated?

Hint: It's not.

Hint 2: See the #Olympics.

#MaskUP & Stay Safe! 😷🫶

@barney @compost

I'm not understanding what you're saying is a "filthy despicable lie"? Because it sounds like you're in agreement with @compost ...

@compost

Yep. And then the Democrat who won based partly on his promise to end #Covid, did so by rolling out vaccines with the instructions to "Vaxx and unmask", then distributed at home tests that don't get reported, then took hospital reporting away, then declared "Covid is over" then caught Covid and pulled out of the presidential race.

All the leaders #FuckingLiars

I have yet to hear Harris's policies on the ONGOING pandemic but I have a hard time trusting any of them. :-/