Notices by Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck (justyourluck@masto.ai), page 2

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. :-/

Aaaand add Scotland to the list.

#Covid hospital admissions in Scotland exceed last winter

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp68ln0ey81o

Hey #TaylorSwift & #LadyGaga!

Why aren't you doing this?? Instead of playing #Covid superspreaders.

Performers hold themselves accountable too!

✅ Outdoor Concerts

✅ #Masks required (#N95 or #KN95)

✅ Performers will test using Pluslife before each show

👏👏 #ZoeBoekbinder

#Sick?? 🤧

Tested neg(-) for #Covid?

TEST AGAIN on

✅ Day 4

This study shows that while early on in the #Pandemic, you wanted to test as soon as symptoms started, because viral loads peaked on Day 1..

NOW...

Viral loads are peaking on Day 4

"Ag RDT sensitivity estimates were 30.0%–60.0% on the first day, 59.2%–74.8% on the third day, and 80.0%–93.3% on the fourth day of symptoms."

#TestOnDay4 #CovidIsAirborne #ThroughTheAir #LongCovid

#MaskUP & Stay Safe! 😷🫶
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/2/301/7285011

Has it been proven that one cannot get infected with #H5N1 from non raw milk?

Because last I heard there have been no studies done.

Or am I wrong?

Because...

1/

#BirdFlu #AvianFlu

2/

Because on Apr 12, just 10 days after CDC published "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Animals: Interim Recommendations for Prevention, Monitoring, and Public Health Investigations" that said:

"...should avoid unprotected direct physical contact or close exposure w/sick or dead birds or other animals, carcasses, feces,

*milk*

or litter from sick birds or other animals potentially infected or confirmed to be infected w/ HPAI A(#H5N1) virus."

...

#AvianFlu #BirdFlu

3/

...ALL references to "milk" were changed to "(raw) milk), with an additional 9 references to "(raw) milk".

If milk that is not raw, has not been PROVEN safe, why the change??

#H5N1 #AvianFlu #BirdFlu

4/

The FDA seemed uncertain on Apr 25, a full 13 days AFTER "(raw)" was added to the CDC 's guidance:

"Additional testing is required to determine whether intact pathogen is still present and if it remains infectious"

Ya think??

Now, whether or not it has since been proven, the fact remains, they didn't yet know for sure and then played it down in the guidelines.

I find them all less than trustworthy. YMMV

#H5N1 #AvianFlu #BirdFlu