Had exposure to poultry before falling ill... so no confirmed human-to-human spread.
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#15Had exposure to poultry before falling ill... so no confirmed human-to-human spread.
Are there any variants that can spread from birds to humans but not from humans to humans? Definitely not an expert in this at all, but it seems like the virus wouldn't care where it was before it got in to someone's mucous membranes. I can certainly imagine some modes of transfer will be less likely because maybe this variant causes chickens to sneeze, but not people, greatly reducing transmissivity, but seems unlik…
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#17How does it make sense for humans to get this flu from birds, become symptomatic, but not pass it on to at least their sexual/kissing partners?
Most people have the boring kind of sex where you do not consume the flesh of your partner.
That doesn't make sense.
Does anyone eat raw birds?
Wouldn't you just get it from being around birds?
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Millennials gonna be hit with their fourth "once in a lifetime" event so far.
Which one was the second one? I'm assuming the first and third are the Great Recession and Covid.
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#19How does it make sense for humans to get this flu from birds, become symptomatic, but not pass it on to at least their sexual/kissing partners?
Most people have the boring kind of sex where you do not consume the flesh of your partner.