Mmastodon HealthPandemics first seen 9 d ago, last 49 min ago, peak #2
Bird flu outbreak rages uncontrolled on Utah mink farm
Original: "...That perfect petri dish exists right now, a ProPublica investigation found. For over two months, an outbreak of bird
A ProPublica investigation reports that an outbreak of bird flu has spread unchecked for more than two months on a Utah farm raising thousands of mink for fur. The concern is that mink lungs and airways are remarkably similar to humans' at the cellular level, making the farm, in the investigation's words, a perfect petri dish for the virus to adapt to mammalian hosts.
Why now: People are alarmed by the risk that an uncontrolled bird flu outbreak in mink could help the virus adapt to infect humans.
Evidence
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