Re: Another California child infected by H5N1

On 12/9/2024 2:47 PM, RonO wrote:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-h5n1-bird-flu-case-california.html
 They haven't confirmed that it is the Dairy virus, but it seems to be H5N1.  Marin County is North of San Francisco.  The first child was in Alameda that is South of San Francisco.  The child has no known exposure to animals.  If it is the dairy virus they have to start testing the milk supply.  That is the direct contact that these kids have with dairy cows, but they did not test the milk supply after the first child because it is bad for the dairy industry.  Pasteurized milk is supposed to be safe, but the CDC's own research indicated that the virus could survive the most common pasteurization method and could survive in whole milk for 4 days.  The FDA claimed that it was doing further tests on the milk supply after that study, but nothing has been published about their results (Project started in early Nov.) and they were doing the study incorrectly.  They were asking for volunteers and claimed that they would keep the dairies anonymous.  The processing plants that did not volunteer are the ones that you want to test as the most likely to have issues with their pasteurization.  The method may be 100% effective when within specifications, but how often are those specifications not met? That is the main question that the FDA has to answer.
 Ron Okimoto
 

https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-12092024.html
The CDC has just released that the virus that infected the first California child was genotype B3.13 and is the virus that has infected dairy cattle and dairy workers in California.
In their follow-up actions they continue to make the claim that there is no evidence for human to human infection, and refuse to acknowledge that the only contact to the dairy virus that this kid had was the dairy products that they ingested.  How can they keep ignoring the most likely avenue of infection?  They refuse to acknowledge their own research indicating that the virus can survive the most common form of pasteurization, and do not recommend testing of the California milk supply.  They are in denial even though a second California child has likely been infected by the dairy virus.  They should stop calling it avian influenza when it is being spread by dairy cattle and dairy workers.  These kids are likely getting infected by the dairy cattle somehow, and dairy products are what they have been consuming.
Ron Okimoto