Summary
The CDC identified rare mutations in the bird flu virus from the first severe U.S. human case, found in a Louisiana resident over 65 with severe respiratory illness.
The mutations, located in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene responsible for cell attachment, differ from those in local backyard flock samples and align with severe cases seen abroad.
The patient was infected with the D1.1 genotype, recently found in U.S. wild birds and poultry, not the B3.13 genotype seen in humans and livestock elsewhere.
The CDC states no person-to-person transmission occurred, and public risk remains low.
At least this one’s kicking off right as he’s about to start, instead of 2.5 years into his presidency.
Now we can only hope if it gets out of hand like last time, he’ll be just as stupid and catch it again. And not go to the ER.
Bird flu is a lot more deadly, a death sentence for someone his age and (lack of) fitness.
Don’t get my hopes up like that
Vance will be in charge.
How did I do?
Oh no oh fuck
Though I do believe he doesn’t have the cult power of Trump and I hope it wouldn’t be so bad? But I concede that may be wishful thinking
And COVID fucked up many people’s respiratory/immune systems. I got asthma because of it.
COVID nearly got him before the shooters tried. I remember him looking pretty shit there when he was ‘totally fine’ in that hospital.
Yeah, he might also still have effects from it. His voice is a lot weaker and hoarse now and Covid can also quicken mental degredation, since it attacks nerves in the brain.