“This 13-year-old received 3 antivirals (oseltamavir, amantadine, and baloxavir) PLUS plasma exchange for #H5N1. In over a decade as an ID doctor, I've never used such measures for #Influenza — not even during H1N1.
New NEJM case report describing severe human illness caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A -H5N1 in British Columbia Canada teenager with evidence of potential viral adaptation to humans.
13-year-old in BC went from mild flu symptoms to full-blown respiratory failure.
Discharged after fever and conjunctivitis.
She came back days later in critical condition: pneumonia, kidney failure, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia.
"plasma exchange was performed daily from November 14 through November 16."
This is quite bad, and a dreadful harbinger:
Ex-CDC Director: “There WILL Be a Bird Flu Pandemic”
Dr. Redfield warns bird flu could dwarf COVID, saying it's a matter of "when," not "if."
Dr. Redfield warns bird flu's 25-50% mortality rate could trigger an inevitable pandemic once it spreads human-to-human.
“December 26, 2024: BREAKING
H5N1 D1.1 is adapting to humans.
There are now two CRITICAL cases BOTH with multiple human adaptive mutations (BC teen,Louisiana case). A BirdFlu pandemic is coming our way.”
Important wake up call:
Most important, the H5 virus mutated inside the single patient to gain an ability to bind human receptors in the upper respiratory tract
It takes just one…
“Wild Felid Advocacy Center, an animal sanctuary in Shelton, WA, has been decimated by highly pathogenic avian influenza.
20 of the wild cats that they house have been killed by the virus, over half of their population.”
How long H5N1 can stay infectious on feathers, soil & feces:
At 4 C Feathers 5 months Soil,mud. 4 months Feces 2 months
Bovine H5N1 displays pronounced neurotropism in many mammals.
Pronounced neurotropism of the 2024 H5N1 virus belonging to the 2.3.4.4b clade is highlighted by high viral loads in the brain & minimal or no viral presence in the lungs of several species
“Since the beginning of the bird flu outbreak nearly three years ago, state and federal departments of agriculture have had one goal in mind: Maintain consumer confidence—as tens of millions of birds are culled and taxpayers bear the cost of industry bailouts. Every new media report of an infected dairy herd, poultry flock, or farm worker comes with the ubiquitous industry-approved mantra, “Don’t worry, the meat and the milk are safe.” But this messaging deflects from the production methods that have enabled the virus to spread in ways yet to be fully understood.”
“H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and a single mutation would allow it to bind to key human receptors”
NEW: UK buys 5 million bird flu vaccine shots to prepare for H5N1 pandemic.
The jabs are being stockpiled in case avian flu begins to spread between humans.
“H5N1 Bird Flu Concerns Grow. Are COVID-19 Mistakes Being Repeated?”
YES!
H5N1 suppresses T cell function, as published by the journal of Virology
They compared H1N1 and H5N1
“Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming Anytime the origins of an infection can’t be traced, it ‘raises a lot of red flags’"
