It seems that someone gave the bird to a boy in China. Avian influenza, that is. And the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) makes sure the user is a bird and not a huguy.
Normally, the H10N3 avian influenza virus is for birds, so to speak, and for huguys. In fact, before April, this strain of the flu virus had never been known to pass into huguys. But all that replaced Tuesday when China’s National Health Department (NHC) announced that a 41-year-old man from Zhenjiang, China’s Jiangsu province, had been infected with the H10N3 bird flu virus.
During the last week of April, the man had developed a fever, but not just a cowbell-like fever. The fever worsened until he was admitted to a local hospital on April 28. Finally, doctors took samples of the man’s respiratory fluid and sent them. the CCDC, which conducted genetic research on the samples on 28 May. What did they find? The H10N3 avian influenza virus. Fortunately, the guy finally stepped forward to the point where he could be discharged from the hospital.
Meanwhile, the discovery on May 28 led the CCDC to embark on a hunt not only for wild geese, but for birds. And a poultry hunt in general. And a huge persecution. They wanted to know where and how the guy could have been infected with the H10N3 bird flu virus. Most importantly, the CCDC tried to make sure the boy hadn’t contracted the virus or passed the virus on to another boy.
An avian strain of influenza passing from birds to humans for the first time, of course, raises some concerns. In birds, the H10N3 avian influenza virus usually causes only mild illness. However, in humans, it may be a completely different story. When it comes to H10N3 bird flu, the man’s immune formula was a 41-year-old virgin. In fact, virtually all human immune formulas are virgin. Its immune formula has never literally noticed this specific strain of the virus. Therefore, it can behave like a virgin, touched through the virus for the first time, not knowing what to do, and then shoot in random directions. This can lead to much worse illness and a higher chance of death.
However, human-to-human transmission of the H10N3 avian influenza virus would be even more concerning. It’s one thing if only a human being (not a human being without a significant other who is just a human being) becomes inflamed with a new virus. It’s anything absolutely different if humans can spread this new virus. When human-to-human transmission can occur sustainably, that’s when you really have to worry about a serious epidemic, an epidemic imaginable, and possibly even a pandemic. This is necessarily what happened to anything you may have heard of in the last year: the Covid-19 coronavirus.
So far, a search for the boy’s non-public contacts and surrounding neighborhoods has uncovered other cases of huguy, which is good news. At this time, there is no evidence of huguy to huguy transmission. Therefore, the chances of the H10N3 avian influenza virus spreading widely at this time seem very low. Man’s maximum maximum probably stuck the virus from a bird.
Therefore, health officials in China warn others to avoid direct contact with live poultry, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. So, that cuddle with the chickens while watching your favorite romantic comedy, it is better to send them the best. lines in place. Oh, and cancel the rave duck. Stop sharing chalices with geese. And be very careful if the birds get sick, like if they ask for a handkerchief or say “man, I’m sick” or dead.
The geese walk on a farm in Linquan county, central China. (Photo: China Feature/BarcroftArray. [ ] Media Getty Images)
Even if other people on social media say things like “here we pass again,” there’s no need to panic right now about the H10N3 bird flu virus. I don’t want to start hoarding toilet paper like it’s dogecoin or something like that. . Again, without the ability to transition from human to human, this virus causes a smooth epidemic in humans.
However, it is vital that public fitness officials be vigilant and closely monitor any such respiratory viruses that are passing from animals to humans for the first time. After all, birds and animals are not like Las Vegas. What happens in them does not necessarily remain in them. With relatively high mutation rates, influenza viruses and coronaviruses that usually circulate among other animals can acquire the ability to circulate among humans.