JUST IN: Canada 🇨🇦 reports first human case of H5 bird flu, teenager hospitalized.
The plot thickens. Kid is in ICU with ARDs now.
Public Health 🇨🇦 Canada confirms the teenager in the ICU with ARDs has clade 2.3.4.4b #BirdFlu.
The infected teen's sequence dropped last night. Not good news. It has PB2 E627K mutation and has mammalian adaptation like the B3.13 cattle clade. It's coming.
We are at stage 3.
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@SandHillThicket I decided in 2020 masks were part of my public attire. Don't see that changing anytime in the near future. This is just another reason to use good reason and a good mask.