I guess I should let you have the pick because
I was just trying to choose. I have too many
good minis. Let's go feel good. I hope you're
going to pick one that has a good mini in it.
Feel bad with the same amount of bad news. I
don't know the last time I added any bad news
in there. We could go with pretty sure this is
bad. There's something in there I could read.
We could also do feeling uncertain. That one's
chock full of stuff. So don't keep everyone in
suspense now that we figured out. I don't want
to keep everybody in too much suspense because
it's gonna be like weeks from now, but I actually
have a pretty good good news one coming up. So
I would like to do bad news to balance out how
we're recording now. You want to make me the
bad guy for this one? I don't want to make it
fully bad, just pretty sure. And this is from
the American Council on Science and Health titled
Previously Undisclosed discovered cases of AIDS
and flu in veterinarians are worrisome. The vets
are getting sick? Apparently. That's what the
title does to believe. And you gotta think it's
a pretty good summary. of what we're about to
read. This is from March 11, 2025. The discovery
of silent H5N1 infections in unexpected populations,
the emergence of new variants and its potential
to evolve into a human to human transmissible
virus necessitates immediate and comprehensive
public health response. Good luck with that United
States. I'll just leave it at that. That's not
in the article, by the way. Amidst the usual
surge of winter respiratory illnesses, a recent
report from the Centers of Disease Control and
Prevention sheds light on an emerging and largely
undetected threat, the spread of highly pathogenic
avian influenza to veterinarians, and that is
H5N1. During the past year, there have been at
least 70 confirmed cases of symptomatic H5N1
bird flu in humans in 13 states with one fatality.
That is, in addition to the devastation of poultry
and cows. It has affected more than 165 million
chickens, turkeys and other birds across almost
all states since the outbreak began in poultry
in 2022 and has been detected in more than 970
herds of cattle and dairy cows across 17 states.
Most human cases have been mild and there have
been no known instances of person -to -person
spread, but the CDC's February 13 morbidity and
mortality weekly report added a new wrinkle.
described three cases of H5N1 detected in U .S.
veterinarians who work with cattle, with two
cases lacking a clear source of exposure. These
infections were identified through antibody testing
rather than through symptomatic illness, reflecting
silent spread of the virus. Although human -to
-human transmissions remain unconfirmed, a few
genetic mutations could enable the virus to make
the leap, which would increase significantly
the public health risk. The CDC's analysis in
blood samples of 150 bovine veterinarians in
46 U .S. states and Canada during the current
H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows and poultry revealed
that three asymptomatic U .S. practitioners,
which is 2%, had antibodies to H5N1 in September,
suggesting recent infection. Two of them reported
no exposures to infected animals, and the third
practiced in Georgia and South Carolina, which
have had no known cases in cattle. These findings
suggested there could be a U .S. state with a
in brackets H5 positive people and animals that
have not yet been identified the study authors
wrote. Although the infected veterinarians reported
wearing gloves or other protective gear where
caring for cattle, none wore respiratory or eye
protection, which are recommended when working
with even uninfected animals in regions with
confirmed cases. As the researchers wrote, HPAIA
in brackets H5 virus is known to be present in
high concentrations in milk produced by infected
cattle, introducing infection risk through respiratory,
ocular and gastrointestinal exposure interesting
and I didn't realize it was going between birds
and cattle. It's been going through everything.
Like every article we talk about is like seals
and dolphins. Yeah, we did talk about that, right?
It's like running rampant. It's everywhere. Further
compounding concerns. Experimental studies have
now confirmed that H5N1 can be transmitted through
unpasteurized cow's milk. In response, health
officials are strongly advocating for nationwide
milk testing initiatives to detect and limit
potential sources of exposure. Without such testing,
we risk missing genetic changes in the virus
that could allow it to spread much more easily
in humans, which is already a concern. Yeah,
it's not like they're trying to cut out things
like that in the United States right now. And
we all know the person in charge of like the
health and safety of the United States is - Yeah,
R &K Junior is a big proponent of herd immunity.
Yeah, oh yeah. By herd immunity, I mean, just
let the herd go and do what they will, and they
will be immune. Yeah, just let a couple of them
live. That's for sure. It goes on just basically
about preventative measures. This is basically
a research paper talking about preventative measures
and stuff like that so I thought it was interesting.
I also was just reading the other day it's springtime
so obviously birds are migrating back. And just
coughing everywhere. I can't remember where I
was reading this and they're talking about how
there's scientists who just study these major
ponds in Canada where a lot of these birds that
are migrating back for the summer to watch for
how many of them are affected just because it's
just running so rampant right now to kind of
keep an eye on how it's spreading or going to
spreading Canada. Yeah, it's terrifying. Bringing
it back. Would you say they are pondering? Yep,
I sure... would. You didn't, but you should.
Yeah, no, I totally meant to say that. Okay,
good. But yeah, more bad news for you to start
out, you know, get you through the rest of the
week. 48 hours, at least. Because Friday, we're
gonna come in with a banger to save you, I hope.
I don't know, I'm in charge of it, so I sure
hope. I sure hope too. Bye. Bye.