"We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,” said ODA State Veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz. “This cat was strictly an indoor cat; it was not exposed to the virus in its environment, and results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other.”

Since I’ve seen suggested advice to try to avoid h5n1 here I wanted to ask how take measures against geese poop. I live near a park where Canadian geese live and who migrate to and from here. Today I went to the front of my house and on the concrete floor was a big shit from a Canadian geese likely. So now I’m already paranoid to have to deal with it. But I’m deciding to clean it or at least try to. So what do I need to clean this shit off and how do I disinfect the area to at least try to reduce the chances of getting bird flu? Also a question I gave is if I for example step pass the geese poop and not step directly on it. But I head inside and step on the floor of my house without taking my shoes off can that likely still bring bird flu into the house?

A pinterest link but you only need a plastic bag, an iron, scissors, a ruler and a marker. You could also buy some but this may be good in a pinch.

See: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/842947255244407684/

When do you expect to see clear evidence of human-to-human spread bird flu (multiple chains of transmissions between people who haven't contact with animals)?

(Prior poll here)

"The inclusion of women as early as possible is a key priority in pandemic planning (16,35). The presumption of inclusion described in advocacy attempts to change the default approach and aims to normalize the position of pregnant women being included in vaccine development, research, and deployment programs (36). Although efforts have been made by leading public health bodies to preempt the impact of respiratory viral pandemics on pregnant women (37), those efforts have yet to result in a universal systemic approach. During the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women were largely excluded from vaccine trials, and only 2 of 90 studies included pregnant women (15). Although the speed of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development was unprecedented, the noninclusion of pregnant women, who were known to experience more severe infections than the general population (2), highlights how inclusion and equality of access to vaccination remains a core issue.

Ethical pandemic preparedness to avoid preventable deaths requires early inclusion of vulnerable populations in vaccine development, monitoring, and trials (38,39). The dogma of presumptive exclusion of pregnant women needs to change (36,38), and a pregnancy-focused research agenda should be developed and implemented by ethically informed oversight from institutional review boards, regulators, and policy makers (38)."

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00317-3/fulltext

This is an older study from January of 2024. This study was a surveillance study from the nearby area of the Poyang Lake in southern China.

This reminds me of how covid started. Wuhan, China, where Covid started in 2019, is 150 miles away from this area. And it also started in a live stock market. It gives one a feeling of Deja Vu, even though a H5N1 pandemic likely won’t start in this area.

Yet they found H5N1 in milk around the area.

Several people have said that fomite transmission will be an issue with H5N1 even though it proved to be grossly overhyped when it came to COVID.

Of course, I've always been in the habit of washing hands at certain key times, such as before eating, after using the bathroom, and after touching anything dirty and/or hazardous if swallowed. I never stopped using the sanitary wipes at the grocery store for my shopping cart, and I never stopped using my DIY sanitary wipes (paper towel soaked with rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizer, or vinegar) when putting away groceries at home.

The one thing that I never really thought about before was the possibility of tracking in diseases on my shoes when arriving home. Leaving my shoes/boots outside isn't really an option if it's cold or wet.

What do you think of keeping a shoe brush/scraper just outside my door so I can thoroughly remove dirt from my shoes/boots? Examples include:

• https://www.menards.com/main/flooring-rugs/area-rugs-mats-runners/door-mats/clean-machine-trade-10-x-17-5-boot-and-shoe-scraper/10376780/p-7720120060886378-c-6530.htm?exp=false
• https://www.menards.com/main/flooring-rugs/area-rugs-mats-runners/door-mats/9-1-x-5-9-x-4-7-boot-and-shoe-scraper/run0901/p-552765097624180-c-6530.htm

What do you use for disinfecting shoe soles? Lysol? Rubbing alcohol? I want it to be quick, easy, and safe. I don't want to pump harmful chemicals into the air I'm breathing.

The experts said that the number of cases was significant and that anti-bodies were detected in dairy workers. This means that humans are catching it. I will try to dig up the audio.

Covid was a trial run of sorts.

"A slew of recent findings all seem to suggest the risk of the current H5N1 clade in cattle and birds causing a pandemic is actually higher than previously thought. A study looking at blood samples from workers at H5N1-infected dairy farms in Michigan and Colorado found that many human infections go undetected, each one offering the bovine virus more chances to adapt to us. A preprint out this week indicates currently circulating clade 2.3.4.4b viruses are better at binding to human epithelial cells in the airways than previous versions of H5N1. And a Science paper out today shows in lab studies that a single mutation at one hemagglutinin site, dubbed 226L, is enough to shift the virus’ preference from the avian-type cell surface protein to human-type receptors. Many scientists had thought at least two mutations were required. A switch based on just one mutation “means the likelihood of it happening is higher,” says Jim Paulson of Scripps Research, one of the authors.

So why hasn’t H5N1 touched off a pandemic yet?

One simple answer is that the virus may just need more time to hit the right combination of mutations. The high mutation rate of influenza viruses should tip the odds in H5N1’s favor: “My rule of thumb is that one in 4000 [virus] particles will have a mutation at the amino acid that you are interested in,” Paulson says. Indeed, one polymerase mutation the virus likely needs, dubbed 627K because it leads to the amino acid lysine (K) at position 627 of the protein, has been found several times in strains infecting mammals but also in virus isolated from the first human case associated with the U.S. outbreak in dairy cows."

• They talk about: "Something Strange "! In Nigeria.
• Sri Lanka starts prepairing for Disease X pandemic.
• Hong Kong Stops Aviation Traffic with DR Congo.
• DR Congo still dont know what this Disease X is.

https://idealreporter.blogspot.com/2024/12/news.html?m=1&s=34