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Two Yakima residents reportedly infected with bird flu

Original: RE: https:// masto.ai/@justyourluck/1175426 74731163986 Hey that is TWO Yakima residents who have caught bird flu now. O

Two residents of Yakima, Washington, are reported to have caught bird flu, according to discussion spreading on social media. Commenters argue that a single case could be dismissed as an occupational fluke, but two H5N1 infections in the same area should trigger the precautionary principle and stronger public health response. The reports come amid ongoing concern about H5N1 spillover from poultry and dairy operations into humans across the United States.

Why now: New reports of two human H5N1 cases in one community raise fears of wider bird flu spread

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• RE: https:// masto.ai/@justyourluck/1175426 74731163986 Hey that is TWO Yakima residents who have caught bird flu now. One might be a fluke, like a poultry worker with a compromised immune system. Two? Two people with H5N1 should be activating the precautionary principle.… · datum@zeroes.ca · 15

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