Full title: Bird flu reported in second Michigan farmworker; third human case in U.S.
I felt this needed to get out there, just two cases, but out of three in the entire country. To my paranoid mind that sounds like the beginning of a cluster, that could become an epidemic and then a possible pandemic. It is carried by birds, bears, cattle, cats, dogs, etc., and humans now obviously.
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After looking at a map of Michigan counties I noticed that those three counties are right in the middle of the mitten, one next to the other. If I were to guess, Montcalm would be next to report a case.
I felt this needed to get out there, just two cases, but out of three in the entire country. To my paranoid mind that sounds like the beginning of a cluster, that could become an epidemic and then a possible pandemic. It is carried by birds, bears, cattle, cats, dogs, etc., and humans now obviously.
Quote:Bird flu reported in second Michigan farmworker; third human case in U.S.
(CBS DETROIT) - A second case of H5 influenza, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, was detected in another Michigan farmworker, marking the second human case in Michigan, and the third in the country.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the new case was reported in a farmworker who worked closely with cows that tested positive for bird flu but was employed at a different farm than the worker did in the case they announced on May 22.
The risk to the general public is still low . . . according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
. . . The first case of bird flu in a human was detected in a Texas farmworker who was exposed to infected dairy cattle.
Bird flu was first detected in Michigan in dairy herds that arrived in Michigan from Texas, and have since been found in Clinton, Gratiot and Ionia counties.
Earlier this month, Michigan egg producer Herbuck's Poultry Ranch announced that it was laying off about 400 employees. The company said the virus impacted its hen population at some farms in Ionia County.
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After looking at a map of Michigan counties I noticed that those three counties are right in the middle of the mitten, one next to the other. If I were to guess, Montcalm would be next to report a case.
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