Mandates to Follow? Feds Race to Prepare Millions of Vaccines for 'Low Risk, Rare' Bird Flu
Avian flu, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, is quite rare among humans at present. Birds can transmit it to other birds, as well as other mammals, like cattle. For humans to get it, however, they must be in direct contact with an infected bird or mammal, then take the viral particles in through the eyes, nose or mouth. The illness could also result from humans touching surfaces with viral particles on them and taking them in that way.
It is important to keep in mind that bird flu is a naturally occurring illness. An FDA spokesperson told CBS News the odds of most people getting it remain quite low. The majority of those who do get it will exhibit symptoms of the seasonal flu: fever, runny nose and body aches, according to Harvard Health Publishing.
Scientifically and medically, the big concerns lie in the unknowns about the disease as well as the possibilities of mutation, according to the Mayo Clinic. The biggest concern would be a human pandemic, specifically among those individuals who already have compromised immune systems as opposed to the average healthy Joe. Those are the people that could fall into the 56 percent fatality rate. Most others will simply move through the illness like they do every other.
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