British Columbia teen had no underlying health conditions and had been exposed to dogs, cats and reptiles, officials say

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British Columbia teen had no underlying health conditions and had been exposed to dogs, cats and reptiles, officials say

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    • SchillMenaker [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      Absolutely unfortunately, H5N1 tends to have the highest mortality rates amongst the youngest brackets and the lowest mortality amongst the oldest brackets. But I can tell you what, if kids start dying it might be hard to stop parents from Christopher Dornering^Steven Paddock Congress.

        • SchillMenaker [he/him]
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          1 month ago

          I'm struggling on where to begin explaining the cataclysmic difference between the effects on children and young people of COVID at any stage of its evolution and a human-to-human capable H5N1 strain, but it's really really fucking different.