A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.
Bird flu has been linked with severe human illness and death in other countries. No person-to-person spread has been detected. “This case does not change CDC’s overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public’s health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low,” the CDC said in a statement.
Low, huh. Is that shorthand for “We have no fucking clue?”
I really feel for my American comrades but god damn I wish it would pop already. Every month it don’t pop is another month of America shipping dollars and weapons to Israel and a bunch of Al-Qaeda spinoffs
Editorial Note: The cumulative incidence of AIDS in City Clinic cohort members is now 3,825 per 100,000, the highest of any reported population (4,5). Almost three-quarters of cohort members now have serologic evidence of HTLV-III/LAV infections. The long-term prognoses for these men is unknown. The fact that two-thirds of men infected for over 5 years have not developed AIDS or AIDS-related illness is an encouraging indication that infection with this virus is not necessarily followed by rapid development of symptoms and death.
(emphasis mine) From the introduction of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the San Francisco Cohort Study, 1978 -1985. The absence of data, to be clear, is not “an encouraging indication” of anything. By the 90s it was established that virtually everyone with untreated HIV develops AIDS after a latency period of 8-15 years. But there basically weren’t any treatments yet. No heads rolled for publishing this claim and there is no reason to believe the culture of the CDC has improved since.
“Until human-human spread happens which could be any day”. Given how many times we roll the dice and the fact that no precautions are being taken, it seems likely it’ll happen eventually.
Low, huh. Is that shorthand for “We have no fucking clue?”
“We don’t want people to panic” sounds super familiar lol
“we don’t want the economy to panic”
This bloated ass bubble is going to pop catastrophically
I really feel for my American comrades but god damn I wish it would pop already. Every month it don’t pop is another month of America shipping dollars and weapons to Israel and a bunch of Al-Qaeda spinoffs
American politicians like
“What do you mean it can’t expand forever without bursting?”
Good old reliable CDC. Love this public trust.
(emphasis mine) From the introduction of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the San Francisco Cohort Study, 1978 -1985. The absence of data, to be clear, is not “an encouraging indication” of anything. By the 90s it was established that virtually everyone with untreated HIV develops AIDS after a latency period of 8-15 years. But there basically weren’t any treatments yet. No heads rolled for publishing this claim and there is no reason to believe the culture of the CDC has improved since.
Also how do they define “immediate risk” like in the next few weeks? Next few months?
“Until human-human spread happens which could be any day”. Given how many times we roll the dice and the fact that no precautions are being taken, it seems likely it’ll happen eventually.
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Low as in we can’t say it’s bad until it’s out of fuckin control
You gave me a posting idea. I’m busy right now so maybe I’ll get back to you tomorrow. Or maybe sooner like in the next hour work be damned.