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Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-05-12

A nice shoutout from the Association of Health Care Journalists in their recent tip sheet, “Covering the ongoing bird flu story as it unfolds.” Thanks for including us!

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👉 Read the tip sheet:
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025
👉 Check out our explainer:
knowablemagazine.org/content/a

#AHCJ #PulicHealth #ScienceJournalism #H5N1 #BirdFlu #KnowableMagazine

What to know about H5N1 in humans Though the risk to humans overall remains low, as the CDC and WHO have stated, the risk is low to moderate for workers who have contact with infected animals, and the overall risk to humans could change without warning. For a long time, it wasn’t thought that H5N1 could easily leap into humans, or that it would not have much of an effect if it did. But that’s exactly what happened in Hong Kong in 1997, when it killed a 3-year-old boy and five others. That was the first evidence that bird flu could cross into humans without an intermediate step in a pig or other mammal. Though that specific strain was killed off, its parent strain spread, kicking off a global event well-described in Amber Dance’s excellent piece at Knowable.
Diligence JonesDeliaChristina@sfba.social
2023-04-02

It is stunning to me that governments, including our own, are really throwing up barriers to people protecting ourselves from Covid.

Not only is it 'you're on your own' but it's also 'you're on your own and we're going to make it as difficult for you as possible.'

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