H10N8 yet another bird word
 

Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the newest 'human deadly' bird flu virus. Somebody let me know when I am allowed to post links. This is over at BBC now.

I'm not aware of any restriction on the posting of links to news articles.

There were a bunch of anti-ACA "news" articles posted in a flurry earlier. By a mod if I'm not mistaken.

Go for it.

The American Canoe Association ist verboten?

Man, this place gets weirder all the time. I thought we even had a respectable paddler on here? Oh well, I'll make a note of it and be sure to never bring the ACA up.

MV

Well ... I am new here. And ... any time I include a link to anything I get the message that my post has gone to moderator purgatory for review, and not one of them has ever made it out yet so far as I know. One time it wasn't even a link but a reference to ...

so, any who ... if anyone know how to get this adjusted please advise :) Thank you, thank you very much :)

I think you need to either be on here for a certain length of time or amass a certain amount of posts. It wasn't in place when I joined, so I'm not sure on the specifics.

If you want to post links, send them to me and I'll post them for you.

Here's an article on it via Reuters:

New China bird flu a reminder of mutant virus risk | Reuters

Thank you! I just might take you up on that. Like many of these variants this is another with pandemic potential. Seems only a matter of time.

More than you wanted to know about H10N8 (A link to info)

Sooner or later good old H1 is going to figure out how to morph itself into a real human killer.

Or now.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5286265/bird-flu-cow-cattle-nevada

The current strain was just found here in Nebraska in what is called 'a back yard flock' so it is not going to wipe out the guy with five chickens.

The only thing anyone can figure out is it is carried by birds, so it could have come from anywhere.

A farmer at the coffee shop says the smart money is saying the bird flu spreads through feed trucks. They visit a site that has the flu and then delivers feed to the next farm.

So the trend is for farmers to buy a tub, like a trash can, and mix their own feed. According to him it is also cheaper, just not as quick.

Could there be a bigger way to screw this up?

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/02/16/bird-flu-scientists-laid-off/6871739747941/