I'm getting quite a few stories about Bird flu spreading to humans and the possibility of a Bird flu pandemic coming up in my news feed. This is one of the latest; Bird flu found in dead seals on UK beach as public urged to stay away from animal corpses Bird flu found in dead seals on UK beach as public urged to stay away from animal corpses (msn.com)
It's been absolutely devastating for wildlife, I only hope it doesn't jump to humans in a form that's easily transmissible.
I really hope that in 6 months, a year, we aren't all talking about bird flu that has spread to humans. There have been some cases of animal-to-human transmission, which, although few, is very worrying. I hope a bird flu vaccine is in progress. It's not only a vaccine we need for a possible pandemic. To ward it off, we need to reform factory farming and make sure wild animals have their habitats, unmolested by humans.
Agreed. And in the UK the game bird industry sure1y needs to be reduced and face much stricter regu1ation (not sure what the situation is in other countries). https://www.birdguides.com/articles...mprise-half-of-wild-avian-biomass-in-britain/