A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the United States since the virus was first detected in dairy cattle in late March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

The infection of a dairy worker in Michigan expands the outbreak of the bird flu, though the CDC said the risk to the general public remains low.

The CDC told reporters on a call that it has not seen evidence of human to human transmission of bird flu and that it has tested close to 40 people since March, including the Michigan worker.

Michigan and Texas are among nine states that have reported bird flu in dairy herds since late March. Scientists have said they believe the outbreak is more widespread based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration findings of H5N1 particles in about 20% of retail milk samples.

  • @Nurse_Robot
    6•6 months ago

    Downvoting the guy who said “you don’t get people to agree with you by insulting them”. Also, insulting me when I said I supported vegetarianism. Also calling the majority of humanity “slow”, while willfully ignoring that not everyone has the blessing to be able to afford everything they think is most ethical, nor the blessing to have the education to desire alternatives to meat.

    You’re just an asshole, and you justify it by preaching about how long you’ve been a vegan. I gave you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you were a troll, but you’re worse. You’re an arrogant narcissist who can’t handle criticism.

    • flicker
      6•6 months ago

      I agree they’re an asshole. But I do want to say I’ve been vegan off and on for… Jesus 17 years. Anyway, there’s this thing I noticed in some members of the community (not that guy) where their experience is so insular that they think everyone in the world knew 20 years ago that factory farming was environmentally disastrous but they just ignored it.

      So they’re so burnt out on it that they become these crazy screaming judgey assholes. Then, add to that, that there really are the most remarkably assholish omnivores at almost every social event involving food. I was 22, and I got cornered at a work pot luck when a man found out I was vegan (I never ever mentioned it, I brought food! But someone finally dragged it out of me when I had to explain I couldn’t try their fried chicken) and he spent forteen minutes lecturing me on how not eating meat was an “insult to God” and how he’d eat twice as many animals because I was there.

      …I was young and used to be too polite to get away from assholes like that. I’m better now.

      My point here is, spending years and years of that makes you angry and bitter if you let it, especially if you’re a self-important jackass with a savior complex.

    • @ghostdoggtv
      -1•6 months ago

      I haven’t downvoted anybody. I’m trying to be frank here. I didn’t mean to insult you, I’m just tired of walking on eggshells about the issue for the sake of people who talk to me the way you do. You’re mad because I rejected your judgment of me. Wow, what an asshole I am.

      • @Nurse_Robot
        1•6 months ago

        I’m not mad, but I am confident that you’re a narcissist. It’s a bad look.