Thread by @DrEricDing

👁️AVIAN FLU CONJUNCTIVITIS IN HUMANS—Scientists are worried about avian flu infecting humans via the eyes—because we humans have the same sugar-receptor-complexes as birds, which allows eye infections of #H5N1 highly pathogenic #avianflu. Avian flu experts worried about high virus levels in cow milk and farmers who milk cows. ➡️Important also not to drink raw milk, or eat cheeses made from raw milk either, CDC warns.
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2) Another risk to dairy farmers is that using high pressure sprayers can aerosolize the avian flu virus in the milk (on the floor) and make the virus in the milk airborne. And dairy workers usually don’t wear masks or googles.

3) Milk concentrations of the virus seems to be high, because the virus seems to concentrate in the cow mammary glands. Pasteurized milk only folks! See thread 🧵 below.

4) Actually wait… even basic pasteurization may not be enough. Read the thread 🧵 below… 👇

5) 🫁👁️👃👄… basically all the major portals, says the CDC.

6) “Bird flu virus in the air”. #AvianFlu

7) The CDC and USDA and FDA needs to do more tracing of asymptomatic cows and what’s going on there.

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“Poultry-to-human avian influenza (AI) virus transmission can occur from 3 types of exposure: fomite-contact transmission, including contact with contaminated surfaces; droplet transmission, in which large (>5 μm) particles contact a person’s conjunctiva or respiratory mucosa; and droplet nuclei transmission (or aerosol transmission), in which a person inhales small (<5 μm) particles suspended in the air”

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

9) Avian flu outbreak update — this virus is definitely hop skipping across the U.S. rapidly in the last month among dairy herds.

10) There is a newly discovered mutation in avian flu in the most recent Texas man who was infected. The CDC says this mutation makes it more efficient for infection in mammals.

11) some casual WHO stats on humans and avian flu…