I learned about it from a guy on Bluesky that posts stuff off Bloomberg - "MEXICO PATIENT DIED AFTER CATCHING NEW STRAIN OF BIRD FLU: WHO".

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WHO confirms first human case of avian influenza A(H5N2) in Mexico | Reuters

June 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it has confirmed a fatal case in the the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with avian influenza A(H5N2) in Mexico.

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WHO press release

Human infection caused by avian Influenza A(H5N2)- Mexico

A 59-year-old resident of the State of Mexico [was] hospitalized in Mexico City and had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals.

  • EstraDoll [she/her]41•17 days ago

    It's 202X, election year

    Biden vs. Trump

    There is a deadly disease rapidly spreading everywhere

    Mass riots when?

    • un_mask_me [any]28•17 days ago

      Probably after everyone gets back from traveling for summer vacation

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        • un_mask_me [any]12•17 days ago

          Whooping cough on the rise, along with measles, and whatever those "seasonal allergies" are that people have had since December...haha...lol. lmao.

  • buh [any]38•17 days ago

    lathe-of-heaven the october surprise will be Biden getting bird flu

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]35•17 days ago

    porky-happy "What are you alarmists going on about? There is no need to do anything, it only affects birds!

    Ok, it affects mammals, but I'm not doing anything because it's not dangerous to them.

    Ok, it's dangerous to them, but I'm not doing anything because it doesn't transmit between them.

    Ok, it transmits between them, but I'm not doing anything because not to humans.

    Ok, to humans, but I'm not doing anything because it's like a mild cold.

    Ok, it's killing people, but I'm not doing anything because...I don't care, make me money"

    distress

  • Owl [he/him]31•17 days ago

    A few days ago I said it's too early to start worrying about this.

    Now it's time to start worrying.

    I still think there's maybe a 70% chance this just fizzles out, but 30% is plenty of reason to start topping off the pantry.

    • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]12•17 days ago

      I may be missing a joke here, but in case you're not making a joke, WHO is correct. The World Health Organization. This announcement is coming from them.

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]4•17 days ago

    Waiting to react until we have a tweet from an epidemiologist telling us how alarmed we should be on an ordinal scale