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"#US reports first human death related to #birdflu

A person in #Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as #H5N1 in December has passed away from the infection, marking the first known bird flu death in the #USA"

newscientist.com/article/24628

New Scientist · US reports first human death related to bird fluBy Grace Wade

@meltedcheese

pump bleach into your veins and shine sunlight up your ass, according to a, uh, highly respected authority

@benroyce Uh, you first? BTW, did anybody actually do that? Are they alive?

@meltedcheese

If they are, they are these folks:

"Mark McAfee, founder of Fresno’s Raw Farm and the Raw Milk Institute, said his phone has been ringing off the hook with 'customers asking for H5N1 milk because they want immunity from it.'"

latimes.com/environment/story/

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Holstein cows at Riverview Dairy in Pixley, California, on March 12, 2020. The liquid part of their manure is directed into a nearby anaerobic digester, which captures methane that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
Los Angeles Times · Raw milk enthusiasts uncowed by bird flu risk in dairyBy Susanne Rust

@benroyce @meltedcheese great way for it to learn how to become airborne and use human to human transfer.....

@benroyce @meltedcheese

I won't definitively pin this stupidity on the anti-science conservatives in the US. But I will say, our conservatives aren't exactly smart and will believe anything Dear Leader and his Theocratic Posse tells them to believe.
#PolioIsFun #PraiseBe #HandMaidsTale

@TimBondy @meltedcheese

i will

#maga and #conservatives are ignorant pieces of shit

#ignorance and #indecency has motivated every single instinct of there's since time immemorial

they are the toilet of #society

nothing but #malice #grief and #suffering for us, including their dimwitted controlled zombies, who don't understand the reasons for their own impoverishment is what they support

and then glee for #bigots, #plutocrats, and #sadists

@benroyce @TimBondy @meltedcheese They don’t care if we call them names. They got their dictator installed.

They might care if we can vote them out of power in the midterms. It’s worth trying.

@mister_shade02X2 @benroyce @meltedcheese

Serious Question:
Will "voting" still be a thing or will the US just appoint and anoint our government starting in the next few years?

@TimBondy @mister_shade02X2 @benroyce @meltedcheese

Russia has elections. USA will have those kinds of elections from now on. Watch for "reform" of the voting system this year.

@benroyce @TimBondy @mister_shade02X2 @meltedcheese

Remember, the new reality is that the last four years should never have happened, because they stole the 2020 election.

In order to prevent such an obscene abuse of the democratic system from ever happening again, it must be done.

I would also be upping the firefighting detail at the Capital building if I were someone still trying to fight this frontally.

@benroyce @TimBondy @mister_shade02X2 @meltedcheese

All the folks who assign some portion of blame to the people who comprise the Democratic Party's active agency,

both the Pelosis, the Feinsteins, the Leibermans, Manchins and all,
as well as the moneyed administrators who never appear on camera,

will get to see them all humiliated publicly.

But it will be bittersweet, cause they'll be in the next cart.

@meltedcheese @benroyce
Masking, hand washing, social distancing. Air filtration. Stay home if sick.

H5N1: Don’t handle dead birds, wild bird waste. Wash hands after dealing with live ones. If raise poultry, use USDA protocols for protecting birds and people. Keep cats indoors (very susceptible/high fatality rate).

@meltedcheese @benroyce
The hardest thing for me personally is to stop touching my face if I’ve been out and haven’t washed/ sanitized my hands. Don’t rub nose, eyes. I so want to.
Someone pointed out if you live near where geese (or pigeons?) congregate and poo, and walk through it, don’t wear those shoes in your house. May take a behavior change to start removing shoes at your door switching to inside shoes.