Florida scientists have reported the first known and fatal case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a bottlenose dolphin.

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    6 months ago

    The risk is low because we have not yet detected a variant with the mutations needed to facilitate human to human spread. If we do it will jump from low to extreme very quickly.

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      6 months ago

      “It is okay! The fire is only in the building next door along with the 10-15 others it spread to. Once we’ve detected it in our building, the risk won’t be low anymore, of course.”

      (Edit: Actually, once it’s spreading inside our building the risk won’t be low – we’ve already detected it in our building a couple of times, but it didn’t spread so it’s fine.)