Avian Flu Diary: CDC FluView Update on Missouri H5 Case Adds an Important Detail (afludiary.blogspot.com)
Sometimes I just can't improve on what Michael Coston has to say in Avian Flu Diary
…One close contact of the patient was also ill at the same time, was not tested, and has since recovered.
I won't make any assumptions about who is responsible for the decision to slow-roll the release of this important detail - since it could have occurred at the local, state or federal level - but it does little to inspire confidence in the investigation or the agencies involved.
For six months, we've seen HPAI H5 treated as more of an economic or political problem, than a potential public health concern, and that should give everyone pause.
If things go badly, and the HPAI H5 threat escalates, public health are going to need the trust and support of an already pandemic-weary and skeptical public.
And public trust is an asset that is far-too-easily squandered by trying to `manage' the facts.
I’ll have more to say on this, the CA developments, and more in this weekend’s blog.
John