A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person.

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  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Don’t worry. I’m sure that the infection with about a 30% human fatality rate so far that’s learned how to reproduce itself in big cats, bobcats, domestic cats, mountain lions, black bears, brown bears, polar bears, dolphins, grey seals, harbor seals, coyotes, red foxes, martens, mink, fishers, river otters, raccoons, skunks, possums, squirrels, mice and voles, won’t be any kind of problem for the humans.