Bird flu detected in Houston-area wastewater : chapotraphouse

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 62 points 2 weeks ago

I really hate that Americans are such sick freaks that this thing is just gonna become a culture war issue immediately like COVID. Chuds are gonna say that it's a conspiracy by PETA and Big Soy to get people to stop eating chicken. Libs are gonna pretend to care about masking up again for exactly as long as the DNC finds it tenable. Then in less than a year everyone goes back to plague rat behavior. Nobody has anything to live for so risking a 10% chance of permanently disabling yourself, killing your older and immunocompromised loved ones, etc just doesn't matter. Gotta get your snout in the slop trough.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 35 points 2 weeks ago

Lol, libs think masks don't work now.

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

laughs in never had COVID

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 54 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

At least they can’t try to blame it on China this time, right? anakin-padme-2

anakin-padme-3

yea

[-] CindyTheSkull@hexbear.net 49 points 2 weeks ago

They'll blame it on Mexico this time around.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/h5n2-bird-flu-know-first-human-case-rcna155821 | Archive: https://archive.md/DqiQZ

H5N1, which was detected in dairy cows in the U.S. in March, also belongs to this family. It is commonly associated with highly contagious strains of H5 viruses called the “Goose Guangdong lineage” that have caused numerous outbreaks in poultry over the last 20 years and sporadic infections in humans, said Sutton.

Granted, that's H5N1 (old-school bird flu) and not H5N2 (the new hotness), but that won't stop yellow peril CHUDs and libs alike from screaming about Da ChYnA vIrUs

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

From that same article:

The patient in Mexico had been bedridden for several weeks prior to developing symptoms.

According to WHO, on April 17, the man developed fever, nausea, diarrhea, shortness of breath and general malaise. A week later, on April 24, he was hospitalized and died that day.

Sutton said that it’s important to note that the man had multiple underlying medication conditions, which likely exacerbated his infection.

Remember when the CDC released statistics on COVID deaths and how a high percentage of patients had other underlying conditions, and how the "other conditions" included things like autism, ADHD, and being below average height?

[-] MattsAlt@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

autism, ADHD, and being below average height

Hey look, it me

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

yea

[-] booty@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

The patient in Mexico had been bedridden for several weeks prior to developing symptoms.

Excuse me, what? How are you bedridden for several weeks without symptoms? That seems like a contradiction.

[-] Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is it named that because Chinese researchers identified it?

Edit: Yep it appears that it was first identified in China.

The first H5N1 outbreak in poultry occurred in China in 1996 but the first human case was detected in Hong Kong in 1997

And before people wanna say we just blame China for everything because they’re our only real contender for superpower status, this is back when a lot of people were still optimistic of China joining the west.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yep:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Guangdong_virus

The Goose Guangdong virus refers to the strain A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (Gs/Gd)-like H5N1 HPAI viruses. It is a strain of the Influenzavirus A subtype H5N1 virus that was first detected in a goose in Guangdong in 1996.

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

called the “Goose Guangdong lineage”

who would win

cracker racism
or
cracker inability to name anything outside of europe

[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

It suits the long-agenda of the national security state to attribute all policy failures to China, or whatever near parity power they next decide as a threat.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 47 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe the CDC will monitor wastewater nationwide for bird flu - after the elections.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 46 points 2 weeks ago

me and the black vulture who's been flightless for like four months and hopping around my area are now on a break, I will not be french kissing him any more

[-] ped_xing@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago

So he's single or too soon?

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

he's like the spice girls, if you wanna get with him you gotta get with his wake first and they're real dickheads

[-] dat_math@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

you gotta get with his wake first

you went woke for a vulture?

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

oh this wake is not woke they are very rude

[-] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not going to sit here and let you try to tell me a group of vultures is called a wake. It's not happening.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

You're in for rude aw—

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[-] Southloop@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Psh! Chicken!

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 weeks ago

Bird flu pandemic announced October, crashing the economy and giving Trump super majorities in all levels of government.

Then he declares he has beaten the pandemic and no one talks about it ever again, while the bodies pile up.

We're entering an era known to historians as the "cool zone" 😎

[-] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

second-plane a second pandemic...

[-] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

big-cool covid-cool chickpea

our new reality

[-] Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t forget our close friend

microplastics-cool

[-] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

ohhh yep that's definitely another 'things are great, don't worry be happy' cool zone fellow, thanks

[+] happybadger@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously why was there no real challenger? No one thought they could win against the most unpopular president in history?

[-] buh@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

I imagine it's political suicide to be the person who "rocked the boat" and ended up letting trump win (even though everyone knows Trump is more likely to win either way)

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

democrat filtering and party-discipline methods have been constantly refined since Obama's nomination. any possible opposition are DOA or quivering at the prospect of the DNC coming down on them & taking their incumbency.

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

americans agreed that joe biden was simply the only qualified candidate

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

After dnc removed all but Bernie as an option 😂😭

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Justinian proclamation

i don't know what you mean by this. it's been a minute since i read the histories but i don't remember Justinian ever decreed the plague over or anything. just lots of gross anecdotes about corpse disposal

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

fed em the doodoo

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago

yea ok, get back to work

[-] roux@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Has Abbott called H5N1 woke yet? Maybe that will help.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago

Can't even slurp up bird shit from the storm drains anymore because of woke

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

If it's good enough for cows it's good enough for the poor!

[-] newmou@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

W-w-wasteeed

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

The country ruled by decaying geriatrics are acting in service of Papa Nurgle. It should've been obvious.

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[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Good. Another american plague might distract the empire from thinking about further escalation in ukraine

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

The real story here is that Texas is actually monitoring their wastewater for anything

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

They're looking for enemy agents. knowing their own agents thrive in wastewater, it's the obvious place to look.

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[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

As if, such minor thing as epidemic is unable to divert USA from war.

[-] snailfact@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago

monkaS