Raw milk enthusiasts are dead set on being infected by the H5N1 aviary flu virus by drinking contaminated and unpasteurized cow milk.
  • QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Anti-science has gained too much traction in recent years, I doubt USA will survive if H5N1 starts spreading from human to human.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Covid has a mortality rate of about 3% while H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 56%.
      If it starts spreading from person to person and it has an r value similar to Covid, we’re fucked.

      • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Probably not. If a virus is too deadly, it kills its hosts before it can spread. That’s why SARS didn’t turn into a pandemic.