Breaking News: Agriculture Department confirms the detection of H5N6 or bird flu

Guys. Deep Breaths. No human transmission of either right now.

There have probably been isolated cases of different animal on farms like this every few months for years now. There was a worse more massive one affecting pigs of most of China just last year. It's just getting more coverage now because the Coronavirus.

Yes, we probably need some better and more stringent global policies on how to report these things and contain them. But this is not an urgent worry right now.

 

Since the whole world is practically quarantined I doubt it would be able to spread.

 

Wrong haha.

H5N1 Bird Flu has a mortality rate of like 60 percent to humans. However, it doesn't spread rapidly from person to person at this time, in large part because you get sick, really sick and then die.

China also announced an aggressive bird flu in like February this year.

 

This is H5N6 - a different virus.

It is deadly, but slim chance of transmission.

 

I'll have some bat soup with a side of century duck eggs, thanks.

 

Hey, I actually like duck eggs.