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   DJ, H5N1 is a growing risk, just like Mpox clade lb...
https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/01/presumptive-bird-flu-case-identified-in.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/01/presumptive-bird-flu-case-identified-in.html ; California has gone more than 2 weeks without reporting any new human H5N1 infections, but today the San Francisco Health Department is reporting a `presumed positive' case in a child (who has already recovered).
No dates are provided, and the investigation is reportedly ongoing, but at this time they don't know how the child was exposed.  
Today's press release warns on the consumption of raw milk, and other raw dairy products, and avoid contact with `sick or dead birds, especially wild birds and poultry.'
The statement also repeatedly stresses that `. . .  the risk to the general public remains low as there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission.' 
While the majority of known H5N1 infections have been among occupationally exposed farm workers, this would the second case in California without a known exposure. 
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The child initially tested for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV based on symptoms and tested positive for influenza A. As part of SFDPH enhanced surveillance, the specimen was subsequently tested for H5N1. An initial investigation by SFDPH has not revealed how the child may have contracted H5N1 bird flu. 

DJ, Unwelcome news-100,000's of Californians being evacuated (climate collapse fires..), care facilities overstretched, air quality bad...

Information is the most major tool in any crisis...reporting a "possible case" after recovery is an insult to both science and the public...

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	DJ, H5N1 is a growing risk, just like Mpox clade lb... https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/01/presumptive-bird-flu-case-identified-in.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/01/presumptive-bird-flu-case-identified-in.html ; California has gone more than 2 weeks without reporting any new human H5N1 infections, but today the San Francisco Health Department is reporting a `presumed positive' case in a child (who has already recovered). No dates are provided, and the investigation is reportedly ongoing, but at this time they don't know how the child was exposed. Today's press release warns on the consumption of raw milk, and other raw dairy products, and avoid contact with `*sick or dead birds, especially wild birds and poultry.'* The statement also repeatedly stresses that `. . . *the* risk to the general public remains low as there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission.' While the majority of known H5N1 infections have been among occupationally exposed farm workers, this would the second case in California without a known exposure. - The child initially tested for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV based on symptoms and tested positive for influenza A. As part of SFDPH enhanced surveillance, the specimen was subsequently tested for H5N1. An initial investigation by SFDPH has not revealed how the child may have contracted H5N1 bird flu. DJ, Unwelcome news-100,000's of Californians being evacuated (climate collapse fires..), care facilities overstretched, air quality bad... Information is the most major tool in any crisis...reporting a "possible case" after recovery is an insult to both science and the public...