Could we potentially be on the cusp of another pandemic or is the radical left doing their best as President-elect Donald Trump gets ready to take office in January for his second term to set up situations to prevent him from being able to implement his agenda? I guess it’s possible for both of these scenarios to be true at the same time, though I’m not sure that’s the case either. What I do know is that California has declared a state of emergency due to the H5N1 bird flu, which has been tearing through farm animals and herds like crazy.
A new report from NBC News has revealed that 123 million birds have now been put down in the U.S., and a brand new wave of the bird flu is set to hit us this winter so that number will grow exponentially. Over the past month, it has decimated so many dairy herds in the Golden State that a state of emergency has just been declared.
California has declared a state of emergency for H5N1 bird flu amid fears that the virus could jump to people and start to spread. The move comes in response to a major outbreak of the virus among the state’s cattle which has spilled over and infected dozens of dairy workers.
This is super scary. Not only because of the potential for the virus to mutate and start infecting humans, because of the negative impact it has on our food supply. As of this writing, 645 dairy herds have been affected by the bird flu. Half of those herds that are infected have been hit just within the past 30 days.
California has identified H5N1 in 645 dairy herds since its first detection in late August and nearly half of those were reported in the past 30 days, highlighting the rapid spread of the virus. Thirty-four of the US’ 61 human bird flu cases have also been in California.
Earlier in the month it was reported that piles of dead cows have been seen “stacked along roadsides rotting in the heat” in the rural parts of California.
A dystopian scene is emerging in California as dairy farmers battle a ruthless disease. Dead cows and calves stacked along roadsides rotting in the heat surrounded by crows, vultures and thick swarms of black flies. After wiping out tens of millions of birds worldwide, the H5N1 avian flu is tearing through dairy farms in the US.
A big concern is whether or not this horrific flu will mutate and jump to humans and then become passable from one person to another. Well, the first “severe” human case of the illness has been confirmed in Louisiana. Here’s a statement from the official CDC website.
A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”) infection in Louisiana. This marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the virus in the United States. The case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, December 13. Since April 2024, there have been a total of 61 reported human cases of H5 bird flu reported in the United States.
Partial viral genome data of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected the patient in Louisiana indicates that the virus belongs to the D1.1 genotype related to other D1.1 viruses recently detected in wild birds and poultry in the United States and in recent human cases in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state. This H5N1 bird flu genotype is different than the B3.13 genotype detected in dairy cows, sporadic human cases in multiple states, and some poultry outbreaks in the United States. Additional genomic sequencing and efforts to isolate virus from clinical specimens from the patient in Louisiana are underway at CDC.
Not much information concerning the victim of the illness has been released other than they are “currently hospitalized in critical condition”
“The patient is experiencing severe respiratory illness related to H5N1 infection and is currently hospitalized in critical condition,” said Emma Herrock, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Health.
Just a month ago, a teen in Canada contracted the bird flu virus and had to be hospitalized.
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in November after contracting the same genotype of the bird flu virus. Canadian health officials were not able to determine the source of the teen’s infection. “What this illustrates is people can get really sick from bird flu, and to me it’s related to the case in British Columbia,” Chin-Hong said. “These patients are both united by the same variant.”
Another big concern is panic. Look how folks behaved in the wake of the fear mongering by the mainstream media concerning the coronavirus. Everything got flipped inside-out and we’re still trying to put some of the pieces back in their proper place.
Let’s hope the American people are vigilant this time around and if things get worse, and this does become a pandemic, we don’t sellout our liberty for the illusion of safety.
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