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Opened an acc. only to tweet about COVID (and the 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 war). Long way to go yet.
Feb 7, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
SHOCKING news here regarding the current 5HN1 outbreaks in chickens and other birds in México.

At least in one place (Kinchil, Yucatán), the people is EATING dead birds that were previoulsy discarded and buried because they got infected with H5N1...

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rempa.com.mx/2023/01/13/la-… 2/ The current H5N1 outbreaks in México exploded some weeks ago, but Yucatán state (a very popular turistic destination) remains dangerous.

Samahil region just reported 3 outbreaks during the past week (imagen attached) in 3 different chicken farms/groups.
Sep 2, 2022 20 tweets 8 min read
🧵San Miguel de Tucumán 🇦🇷 "mystery pneumonia" outbreak, what we know and don't know about it.

Since this caught global attention today, I'm going to summarize the facts we know so far.

The Public Health Minister reported the event on AUG 30th:

msptucuman.gov.ar/comunicado-ofi…

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"We considered COVID and Influenza, both A and B; even Hantavirus, but through some research they have been ruled out".

They also considered some extra bacteria and viruses through FilmArray tech.

So, I assume they used the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Respiratory 2.1 plus Panel:
Sep 1, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Still waiting for more info from Tucumán health officers.

Yday, they clearly declared that this was NOT SRAS-CoV-2.

25 more bacteria and 1 hantavirus were also discarded.

Only 1 woman had "Mild Symptoms". The rest of the cases are in very serious condition or dead. @RolandBakerIII FYI