Michael@mrmickme2:
This is bad news. Sequence from infected BC teen has same mammalian adaption signature as B3.13 cattle clade.
Erin Candy @erincandy:
I hope people realize we are about to have an H5N1 pandemic. The sequence in BC they dumped the data late last night and it shows it’s picked up the necessary mutation needed to be an efficient human host. It’s highly pathogenic, it’s deadly, and it’s now got what it needs to spread among humans. It’s got the same mutation as 1918 Spanish influenza. Brace yourselves.
You can pretend all you want like Covid but the 58% mortality rate won’t care. … This mutation is the one needed to spread efficiently among 37 C degree human hosts. Game over.
… I knew we were doomed as soon as it was in BC. Bonnie Henry is the worst
… It’s probably already spreading because they didn’t contact trace the ER and the BC teen was sent home the first time, so twice they sat in the ER. And they had no contact with birds so it’s community transmission. Occam’s razor says buckle up.
… They should be having the army setting up medical tents and be mass producing bird flu vaccines but we live in the dumbest fucking timeline possible so probably half the world is going to die. Mask up.
This thing is foodborne, airborne, fomite, droplet, lives on skin, surfaces…
I would invest in eye protection I think eyes are a vector personally.
Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime:
This is outrageous.
First Avian flu case in Canada, the teen affected went to the ICU. But they aren’t using airborne precautions.
So this could spread to any number of health care workers on that unit, and further beyond.
We have learned absolutely nothing.
Campbell College Librarian @ccb_library:
Awful on so many levels. Poor child.
ARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @COVID19_disease Nov 11, 2024:
H5N1 Case in BC: Patient in Intensive Care Amid Concerns Over Changing Isolation Protocols
A patient in British Columbia has been admitted to intensive care after being diagnosed with H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain.
Sources close to BC Children’s Hospital confirm that the individual was initially placed under airborne isolation protocols, requiring respirator masks due to the potential for airborne transmission.
However, the patient’s condition has since been downgraded to droplet isolation, where only surgical masks are needed for protection.
FFS! How stupid can humans get? Of course H5N1 is aerosol spread! And spread by spit, and shit on boots, hands and clothing, and touch. Gotta keep the idiotic greed machine making ever more money, destroying life on earth to keep the fucking billionaires happy, no matter how many health care workers and others in hospital are callously murdered by shit for souls.
Sphagnum Moss@moss_sphagnum:
That’s really awful to expose HCWs & consider that animal exposure requires N95 respirators. Why should BCCH HCWs not get the same protection as veterinarians & people on farms ? https://ccohs.ca/zoonotic-diseases/avian-flu#Workplace%20Control%20Measures-hdr
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) or “Bird Flu” by Gov’t Canada
Conor Browne@brownecfm:
Extraordinarily important at this point to determine if the patient is infected with H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b (same clade infecting US dairy cattle and dairy workers) and to fully sequence to establish if any mutations may be responsible for increased virulence.
@kyle_iridian:
there’s the other subclade d1.1, that recently infected 14 cullers in washington state to consider, as well as d1.2 that infected pigs in oregon, besides the bovine subclade you mention
Eastwood101@MarieTattersall:
This addiction to droplet dogma is precisely why H5N1 will spiral out of control
We saw how this played out with COVID which is running rampant across the country
How many deaths are people willing to normalize before we hold our elected officials accountable?
Alexis Gee@lexomatic:
And appointments. Henry is a mass murderer.
Matthew Bourns @matthewbourns.bsky.social@MatthewBourns:
Well we had to start a new pandemic so Trump can fuck it again. It won’t be a replay on steroids without it. Fucking awful, hopefully the staff are using better gear for their own health care.I bet they’d get fired if they try to protect themselves with N95s.
@datatechsoln:
Oh shit. Infectious period was over Halloween. You’d think that’d be BH’s headline.
Becky Douglas @BeckyDouglas957;
RFK Jr was just today talking his plans to cut 140 scientists from the NIH.
Aldo de Moor@ademoor:
Biden “The Pandemic Is Over” has royally f.cked up as well, sadly enough.
@SFB_Addict;
How many people are they planning on deliberately infecting?
Sasha STILL N95 MASKED Dryden@SashaDryden:
good luck, this is Bonnie’s BC where science isn’t an option
Michael@mrmickme2:
This is bad news. Sequence from infected BC teen has same mammalian adaption signature as B3.13 cattle clade.
Canada’s CPHO@CPHO_Canada Nov 13, 2024:
1/3 The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed a human case of avian influenza caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada. Genomic sequencing indicates that the virus is related to those from the ongoing outbreak in poultry in BC.
2/3 We are working with our human and animal health partners to swiftly investigate and respond. There have been no further cases identified at this time. Please find more information in our statement
3/3 For more information on avian influenza, who may be at risk, symptoms and prevention measures: https://ow.ly/Kfyl50U6uLL
Ian Brown@IanLotsanumbers:
I live in WA not far from B.C. and we’ve actually been having some egg shortages from all the outbreaks.
Canada Strong Masks@canadastrong:
It’s completely bonkers.
Is hospital/ID leadership obsessed with making everything “not airborne”, as in ever?
Just wear the N95’s for a couple of weeks!!!
Bean & Sprout’s Mom@beansprouts_mom Nov 10, 2024:
Omg BC Children’s is a horror show of really sick little kids. Coughing, crying ….
We aren’t here for viral illness, but JFC it will be a miracle if we don’t leave with one
Fuck you #BonnieHenry @PHSAofBC @adriandix @CDCofBC @dave_eby. Fuck you for all eternity. Hell is too cold for you.
Monsters don’t protect little kids. Monsters
Dark LOL they asked if we had any known exposures to COVID-19.
I hate it here.
(Asked if we’d been out of the country, but not if we’d been to any farms)
… We’ve now been here 10 hours
Carma Fiera @CarmaFiera:
So scary. And that’s where the bird flu sufferer is I believe.
Bean & Sprout’s Mom@beansprouts_mom:
Yep
@TheMemeticist:
it’s not looking good, they still have no idea where it came from
danielduke@danield75442562:
I work at Stollery in Edmonton and we have two kids on ECMO that had pertussis. One requiring transplant. Preventable. Antivaxers clogging up the system and taking up much needed resources.
Empathetic Human @ProgressiveCDN:
I assume both of these children are unvaccinated for pertussis? And now because of the pertussis one requires a transplant? Completely preventable. These anti vaccine/anti science people are getting innocents killed.
Inspired Aquariums@InspiredAquaCA:
Turns out they had to go to the ER twice to get diagnosed.
A lot to unpack, but Dr. Henry revealed a disturbing timeline.
Nov 2: 1st symptoms
(date ?): visited ER, sent home
Nov 8: Returned to ER, tested & admitted with H5N1
This is why testing matters!
Tamiflu needs to be given ASAP.
Did ER 1st assume Covid?
BNO News@BNOFeed:
NEW: Canada’s first human case of bird flu is in critical condition. Source of infection still unknown.
“This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,” health official says
Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!)@PushBidenLeft:
Biden hired a dairy lobbyist to run the USDA, and it turns out they’ve been covering up widespread bird/cow flu presence in our milk for months, going so far as exempting some farms from testing and concealing the data that is collected.
B.C. teen with avian flu is in critical condition, provincial health officer says, Teenager from Fraser Valley is first person to have contracted virus in Canada Karin Larsen and The Canadian Press for CBC News, Nov 12, 2024
The teenager who tested positive for avian flu is in critical condition and being treated for acute respiratory distress at B.C. Children’s Hospital, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says.
Henry says the teen, the first presumptive human case of avian flu contracted in Canada, was admitted to hospital late Friday.
Their condition “varied” over the weekend, Henry said, adding “our thoughts continue to be with this person and their family.”
Henry said work underway to confirm the diagnosis and trace potential sources of exposure through the B.C. Centre for Disease Control had given her “confidence” that the teen has H5 avian influenza, also known as bird flu.
She says it’s likely that the teenager contracted the illness from exposure to an animal or the environment, although there’s a “very real possibility” that the source will never be found.
Henry said privacy considerations restrict what can be said publicly about the teen, but said he or she did not have any underlying medical conditions.
The teen first went to the emergency department on Nov. 2 and was tested and sent home, but returned to hospital days later when symptoms worsened.
Henry said contact tracing has been conducted on 35 to 40 of the teen’s family members, friends and acquaintances.
“We have not identified anyone else that is sick with the virus in B.C. right now,” she said. “We don’t see right now that there’s a risk of a lot of people getting sick.”
She said the teen was not in school during the infectious period of the disease, which roughly began on Oct. 31, two days before the onset of symptoms.
She said the teen has no links to people who had recently travelled to Southeast Asia, which has seen outbreaks.
According to Henry, the teen did not have any contact with birds but did interact with a variety of other animals — including a dog, cats and reptiles — in the days before becoming ill. Henry said testing on those animals has so far been negative for the virus.
She said no links have been found between the teen and local farms — including the two dozen B.C. poultry farms that have suffered avian flu outbreaks during the fall migration of wild birds. No links have been found to outbreaks taking place across the border in Washington state, she added.
Henry said the case is still being called a “presumptive positive” because it has to be confirmed at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, which could happen later on Tuesday.
Human infections rare
While human infections with avian influenza are rare, Health Canada says symptoms can range from mild to severe, potentially leading to pneumonia, organ failure and even death.
Since 1997, over 900 human cases have been reported globally, primarily in Asia and Africa, with about half of them resulting in death, according to Health Canada.
However, the government cautions this fatality rate may be overestimated, as mild infections can often go undetected and underreported.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says that, as of Nov. 10, 23 sites in B.C. — mostly commercial poultry operations — are actively dealing with avian flu infections.
Over 6.4 million birds in the province are estimated to have been affected.