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China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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post #9

Had 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…

> mucous membranes

Depends on which membranes. I think I remember reading that the reason these can transfer bird-to-human but not human-to-human is that they can only infect us if it gets so deep into the lungs we can't actually expel it from breathing or coughing.

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

#43
post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is, I'm not sure you can trust any news out of china to be the 100% unvarnished truth anymore. Seems the only way you hear any bad news out of china is when it gets 'too big to hide'.

Same for American news

Nyet

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

#44
post #2

Here we…

Millennials gonna be hit with their fourth "once in a lifetime" event so far.

Eh, put it on the tab. Millennials have never known stability anyways, they'd probably get uncomfortable if their lives stopped staggering from one externally-imposed crisis to another.

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

#45
post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is, I'm not sure you can trust any news out of china to be the 100% unvarnished truth anymore. Seems the only way you hear any bad news out of china is when it gets 'too big to hide'.

Same for American news

American news falls over itself rushing to cover disasters.

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

#46
post #9

Had 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…

Most bird flu in the past only spreads from birds to humans, or is like MERS in that it can technically spread human to human but with an R0 far less than 1.

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

#49

How 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.

The position known since the Kama Sutra as the Aztec Sacrifice. However, in the next edition it will be renamed the "Praying Mantis" in order to be less offensive.
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