Ah Shit, here we go again.
So are we calling this the H5N1 “Americans made this in a lab” virus or something? /s
For those unaware: Scientists say USDA is sharing too little data too slowly on H5N1 flu
There was a mysterious pneumonia like disease that leaked out of Fort Detrick labs, when the vaping illness caught on in August 2019 in USA. Trump ordered CDC not to send testing kits for old age home people dying in Virginia and Maryland.
Even COVID Commission said USA is very likely to be the source of COVID.
It seems like H5N1 is confirmed to be of USA origin, and we should call it the USA virus.
Excuse me while I go stock up.
I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but if the mortality rate of this flu is so aggressive, could it end up burning out before it spreads too widely?
High mortality rate is typically a negative factor in disease spread, but it’s somewhat nuanced. For example, stuff like incubation period plays a role as well. If it’s deadly in the end, but it takes a while for a person to get to that point, they can go on infecting a lot of other people before they realize they’re sick. The virus will also continue to mutate, so a less deadly variant might emerge that’s better at spreading. Very difficult to say what will happen at the moment unfortunately.
