(World / USA) “DER SPIEGEL” documents the current H5N1 outbreaks in the USA and the complete failure of the authorities there.

(Is Mr. Spahn now working in the USA? 😅

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Although the virus has spread rapidly, only a few dozen farm workers with flu-like symptoms have been tested for H5N1 in the U.S. so far. Tests on family members of the infected were probably not carried out. Serological blood tests to detect older, possibly asymptomatic infections are only now to begin, but only in the state of Michigan.

Meanwhile, veterinarians say that they have observed a conspicuous number of cases of illness among the staff of affected farms, but that they have not been examined in more detail. So it is possible that there have long been more infections among humans than officially known.

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VERY WORTH READING :

Many farmers do not want to let the authorities into their farms in principle, because if a herd is classified as positive, it falls under quarantine. The farmer bears the financial loss.

Pretending that you don’t know anything about it may be the smarter option from a business point of view under such circumstances.

Many farm employees also come from Central and South America, and they often have neither residence permits nor health insurance or continued payment of wages in the event of illness.

They work even when they don’t feel healthy. They prefer to keep their distance from authorities and any cooperation with them.

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Source:

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/vogelgrippe-h5n1-us-behoerden-scheitern-an-aufklaerung-neue-pandemiegefahr-a-dc6cc5cd-6e39-47a3-95ec-2b3c6b39f240?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh