A Good Review on Avian Flu Diary of H5N1 in the Past 3 Weeks

Back home this weekend - in the meantime Michael Coston does a great job of tracking the recent news

I’ve been intermittently lurking while soaking in the sun, and Avian Flu Diary had a great summation piece Sunday:

Avian Flu Diary: A Review of Significant HPAI H5 Related Events Over The Past 3 Weeks

Of course, the virus news hasn’t taken a break since yesterday either: U.S. Reports 18 Additional H5 Infected Herds (n=491) - Canada Reports 5 Additional Poultry Outbreaks

We already have non-sustained human spread of mild illness; the question of viral changes and reassortment loom large in our human and swine populations as we head into the winter. Neuraminidase cross-reactivity may provide many of us with significant resistance, but is of little help to naive poultry, young children, or the immunocompromised…bring on vaccines ASAP!

We live in a society that has just elected by a majority vote an incoming administration that campaigned on openly questioning scientific integrity related to public health, pandemic preparedness, and traditional research methodology and results.

I fear that with H5 H.L. Mencken may prove prophetic:

John