Thread by @LazarusLong13

Influenza D. Ever hear of it?

You've heard of Influenza B being wiped out by masking, etc used for C0V1D protections.

You've heard of #H5N1, bird flu, which is Influenza A

Influenza D Virus ( IDV) - a thread on airborne flu. Because it is airborne.

IVD IS NOT H5N1!

But it has lessons for us. The bodies of cattle are lining the roads in dusty California dairy communities, killed off by H5N1, and an obstinate USDA who says that it is NOT airborne.



October 3, 2024: tinalexander.github.io/notes/2024/10

Turns out that IVD is an airborne flu, too.

The following is from this study:


IVD was discovered only in 2011 in a pig, but had been circulating since 2003. It is not known where it came from, but seems mostly to be in cows - although other species pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC64…

can get it.

They set up a transmission experiment which the USDA has not seen fit to duplicate, @RickABright.

Control animals upwind.

They infected all 8 of the calves in the big bunch with aerosols.

Eight. EIGHT! The more bodies infected means that the more aerosols are being generated.

So, I was not surprised to read that one of the downwind, 9 feet away, cows got infected by Day 8, 9, or 10.

Then the other two downwind cows got infected between Day 16 and 20.

They ALSO sampled the air, and found it there, as well.

We have no idea of the ACH, or the speed of the wind - it's not in the study.

Now, let's take a look at the USDA aerosol vs. study.

They put the aerosol nose halters on, and all 4 were infected via aerosols. That's it.

No mini-herd. No sentinel animals.

Just an aerosol shaker, and OMG! Look how viral the milk is over there

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

where we jammed a catheter up the cows' teat to infect them in a completely natural way.

Obviously, I am being sarcastic.

But in a write-up by the USDA on this study, we find the USDA citing it as proof that it is not airborne.

They also cited
ars.usda.gov/news-events/ne…

unpublished data.

@Alexander_Tin @amymaxmen @susrust - there might be a story there.

This was shared on July 29, 2024, when there were 14 human cases, 172 farms, 12 states.

We are now at 44 human cases, 442 farms, 15 states

What unpublished data does the USDA have?

There is context here. In the beginning of the ongoing C0V1D pandemic, Dr. John Conly of the WHO said that it was not airborne thanks to unpublished data he had, in an online debate with @DFisman and @prather_kim.

It turned out to be bad data. An email chain.

But, at the

time, it was taken seriously. Conly went on to cite it in a couple of studies.

We have examples of how to properly do an airborne transmission study in cows, let me spell it out for the USDA.

Why not duplicate the eight cows with 3 sentinel cows? But have all of the cows be

lactating.

If the 3 sentinel lactating cows get infected and their mammary glands light up with virus? There we go.

Like measles where we inhale it, but exhibit it on our skin, we would know that it is inhaled - and then viremia (temporary blood infection) leads to mammary

gland infection.

And air sample like crazy.

How is it the USDA hasn't studied milk aerosols?

Where is their sense of urgency?

One more thing....They could have one more group. Separated by two grills allowing air through, but not cow tongues - testing near field aerosols. Very close together.