https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/quick-takes-marburg-cases-reach-13- avian-flu-detections-alaska
A new California dairy has been infected.-a They aren't giving the genotype.-a It is pretty difficult to infect a California herd that has
not already been infected, but reinfections keep happening (likely
because they are not restricting dairy worker movements off infected dairies) and a previously uninfected herd is now infected.-a The last
update in October claimed that there were only 13 infected herds left in California, but herds were still being reinfected.-a My guess is that a
lot of dairy workers were also infected more than once at the reinfected dairies.
Wild bird infections detected in 3 states with 30 infection in one area
of Alaska.-a These might be old cases because they are claimed to be
Mallard samples and migratory birds should have cleared Alaska a while ago.-a They started shooting migratory ducks last month in Arkansas. Some mallards over winter in Arkansas and they shoot around 9 million ducks a season that ends at the end of January.
Ron Okimoto
On 12/3/2025 4:28 PM, RonO wrote:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/quick-takes-marburg-cases-reach-13-https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/quick-takes-more- avian-flu-activity-indiana-cases-new-world-screwworm
avian-flu-detections-alaska
A new California dairy has been infected.-a They aren't giving the
genotype.-a It is pretty difficult to infect a California herd that has
not already been infected, but reinfections keep happening (likely
because they are not restricting dairy worker movements off infected
dairies) and a previously uninfected herd is now infected.-a The last
update in October claimed that there were only 13 infected herds left
in California, but herds were still being reinfected.-a My guess is
that a lot of dairy workers were also infected more than once at the
reinfected dairies.
Wild bird infections detected in 3 states with 30 infection in one
area of Alaska.-a These might be old cases because they are claimed to
be Mallard samples and migratory birds should have cleared Alaska a
while ago.-a They started shooting migratory ducks last month in
Arkansas. Some mallards over winter in Arkansas and they shoot around
9 million ducks a season that ends at the end of January.
Ron Okimoto
Indiana is having a real issue with avian influenza.-a From other
articles it sounds like Amish farms are being infected these are farms
in the same county with mostly meat commercial flocks at each farm that
tend to involve 100,000 or less birds per farm.-a My guess is that they should be looking into contact tracing workers on these farms.-a They
know that humans are easily infected, and there is likely a reason why
so many farms in such a small area are being infected among a relatively closed population like the Amish.
Human infection with influenza A are increasing in the US.-a The same
H3N2 (subclade K) virus that is causing issues in Japan and the UK seems
to be spreading.-a The current vaccine chose wrong again and is likely
not very effective against this H3N2 variant.
Ron Okimoto
On 12/8/2025 2:44 PM, RonO wrote:
On 12/3/2025 4:28 PM, RonO wrote:https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/flu-concerns-grow-us-uk-sees-cases- kids/story?id=128203545
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/quick-takes-marburg-cases-https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/quick-takes-more-
reach-13- avian-flu-detections-alaska
A new California dairy has been infected.-a They aren't giving the
genotype.-a It is pretty difficult to infect a California herd that
has not already been infected, but reinfections keep happening
(likely because they are not restricting dairy worker movements off
infected dairies) and a previously uninfected herd is now infected.
The last update in October claimed that there were only 13 infected
herds left in California, but herds were still being reinfected.-a My
guess is that a lot of dairy workers were also infected more than
once at the reinfected dairies.
Wild bird infections detected in 3 states with 30 infection in one
area of Alaska.-a These might be old cases because they are claimed to
be Mallard samples and migratory birds should have cleared Alaska a
while ago.-a They started shooting migratory ducks last month in
Arkansas. Some mallards over winter in Arkansas and they shoot around
9 million ducks a season that ends at the end of January.
Ron Okimoto
avian-flu-activity-indiana-cases-new-world-screwworm
Indiana is having a real issue with avian influenza.-a From other
articles it sounds like Amish farms are being infected these are farms
in the same county with mostly meat commercial flocks at each farm
that tend to involve 100,000 or less birds per farm.-a My guess is that
they should be looking into contact tracing workers on these farms.
They know that humans are easily infected, and there is likely a
reason why so many farms in such a small area are being infected among
a relatively closed population like the Amish.
Human infection with influenza A are increasing in the US.-a The same
H3N2 (subclade K) virus that is causing issues in Japan and the UK
seems to be spreading.-a The current vaccine chose wrong again and is
likely not very effective against this H3N2 variant.
Ron Okimoto
Flu season is ramping up there have already been 2 million infections, 19,000 hospitalizations and 730 deaths in the US.-a Japan, the UK and the
US are being hit mostly by the H3N2 strain.-a It is obviously spreading internationally.-a WHO and the CDC did not include a closely related
virus in the current vaccine.-a Things are just getting started.-a We usually have 20,000 to 30,000 influenza related deaths each year in the US.-a Covid taught us that masking and social distancing effectively prevented the usual number of influenza fatalities.-a We just don't think that saving 20,000 lives is worth the effort.-a Masking is most effective
if you get the infected to wear a mask and reduce the amount of virus in
the environment.-a Getting people to wear, at least, a KN95 mask in
public if they have flu like symptoms might prevent a lot of infections.
Ron Okimoto
On 12/10/2025 4:56 PM, RonO wrote:
On 12/8/2025 3:08 PM, RonO wrote:
On 12/8/2025 2:44 PM, RonO wrote:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/new-avian-flu-
On 12/3/2025 4:28 PM, RonO wrote:https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/flu-concerns-grow-us-uk-sees-
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/quick-takes-marburg-cases-https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/quick-takes-
reach-13- avian-flu-detections-alaska
A new California dairy has been infected.-a They aren't giving the
genotype.-a It is pretty difficult to infect a California herd that >>>>> has not already been infected, but reinfections keep happening
(likely because they are not restricting dairy worker movements off >>>>> infected dairies) and a previously uninfected herd is now infected. >>>>> The last update in October claimed that there were only 13 infected >>>>> herds left in California, but herds were still being reinfected.
My guess is that a lot of dairy workers were also infected more
than once at the reinfected dairies.
Wild bird infections detected in 3 states with 30 infection in one
area of Alaska.-a These might be old cases because they are claimed >>>>> to be Mallard samples and migratory birds should have cleared
Alaska a while ago.-a They started shooting migratory ducks last
month in Arkansas. Some mallards over winter in Arkansas and they
shoot around 9 million ducks a season that ends at the end of January. >>>>>
Ron Okimoto
more- avian-flu-activity-indiana-cases-new-world-screwworm
Indiana is having a real issue with avian influenza.-a From other
articles it sounds like Amish farms are being infected these are
farms in the same county with mostly meat commercial flocks at each
farm that tend to involve 100,000 or less birds per farm.-a My guess
is that they should be looking into contact tracing workers on these
farms. They know that humans are easily infected, and there is
likely a reason why so many farms in such a small area are being
infected among a relatively closed population like the Amish.
Human infection with influenza A are increasing in the US.-a The same >>>> H3N2 (subclade K) virus that is causing issues in Japan and the UK
seems to be spreading.-a The current vaccine chose wrong again and is >>>> likely not very effective against this H3N2 variant.
Ron Okimoto
cases- kids/story?id=128203545
Flu season is ramping up there have already been 2 million
infections, 19,000 hospitalizations and 730 deaths in the US.-a Japan,
the UK and the US are being hit mostly by the H3N2 strain.-a It is
obviously spreading internationally.-a WHO and the CDC did not include
a closely related virus in the current vaccine.-a Things are just
getting started.-a We usually have 20,000 to 30,000 influenza related
deaths each year in the US.-a Covid taught us that masking and social
distancing effectively prevented the usual number of influenza
fatalities.-a We just don't think that saving 20,000 lives is worth
the effort.-a Masking is most effective if you get the infected to
wear a mask and reduce the amount of virus in the environment.
Getting people to wear, at least, a KN95 mask in public if they have
flu like symptoms might prevent a lot of infections.
Ron Okimoto
outbreaks-reported-5-states
More avian influenza outbreaks among commercial poultry, mostly in
Indiana, but the infections are moving out of LaGrange county into
neighboring Elkhart and Noble counties.-a They should be implementing
contact tracing to try to determine how the virus is spreading to so
many flocks. A bunch of vultures have died of suspected HPAI infection
in Ohio.-a They were found dead on an athletic field of a local school.
Do vultures flock in the winter time?-a How could so many die in one
place and all be infected at around the same time?-a The flock may have feasted on a bunch of migratory birds that died of avian influenza. When
I first moved to Arkansas the state was producing over 3 billion broiler chickens a year and the highways were littered with birds that had
fallen off the trucks transporting them to the processing plants. They improved the shipping crates and now you rarely see a dead chicken along
the highway.-a You would think that raptors and vultures would have had
good times with no shortage of carcasses, but you hardly ever saw any
eating a chicken carcass.-a Instead they would group and eat the road
kill raccoons, opossum, armadillos and even skunks rather than eat a chicken.-a I used to think that it was to avoid avian diseases, but I do
not know why they avoided the chickens.
On 12/11/2025 9:46 AM, RonO wrote:
On 12/10/2025 4:56 PM, RonO wrote:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/quick-takes-measles-reappears- connecticut-more-infant-botulism-avian-flu-florida-birds
On 12/8/2025 3:08 PM, RonO wrote:
On 12/8/2025 2:44 PM, RonO wrote:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/new-avian-flu-
On 12/3/2025 4:28 PM, RonO wrote:https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/flu-concerns-grow-us-uk-sees-
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/quick-takes-marburg-cases-https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/quick-takes-
reach-13- avian-flu-detections-alaska
A new California dairy has been infected.-a They aren't giving the >>>>>> genotype.-a It is pretty difficult to infect a California herd that >>>>>> has not already been infected, but reinfections keep happening
(likely because they are not restricting dairy worker movements
off infected dairies) and a previously uninfected herd is now
infected. The last update in October claimed that there were only >>>>>> 13 infected herds left in California, but herds were still being
reinfected. My guess is that a lot of dairy workers were also
infected more than once at the reinfected dairies.
Wild bird infections detected in 3 states with 30 infection in one >>>>>> area of Alaska.-a These might be old cases because they are claimed >>>>>> to be Mallard samples and migratory birds should have cleared
Alaska a while ago.-a They started shooting migratory ducks last
month in Arkansas. Some mallards over winter in Arkansas and they >>>>>> shoot around 9 million ducks a season that ends at the end of
January.
Ron Okimoto
more- avian-flu-activity-indiana-cases-new-world-screwworm
Indiana is having a real issue with avian influenza.-a From other
articles it sounds like Amish farms are being infected these are
farms in the same county with mostly meat commercial flocks at each >>>>> farm that tend to involve 100,000 or less birds per farm.-a My guess >>>>> is that they should be looking into contact tracing workers on
these farms. They know that humans are easily infected, and there
is likely a reason why so many farms in such a small area are being >>>>> infected among a relatively closed population like the Amish.
Human infection with influenza A are increasing in the US.-a The
same H3N2 (subclade K) virus that is causing issues in Japan and
the UK seems to be spreading.-a The current vaccine chose wrong
again and is likely not very effective against this H3N2 variant.
Ron Okimoto
cases- kids/story?id=128203545
Flu season is ramping up there have already been 2 million
infections, 19,000 hospitalizations and 730 deaths in the US.
Japan, the UK and the US are being hit mostly by the H3N2 strain.
It is obviously spreading internationally.-a WHO and the CDC did not
include a closely related virus in the current vaccine.-a Things are
just getting started.-a We usually have 20,000 to 30,000 influenza
related deaths each year in the US.-a Covid taught us that masking
and social distancing effectively prevented the usual number of
influenza fatalities.-a We just don't think that saving 20,000 lives
is worth the effort.-a Masking is most effective if you get the
infected to wear a mask and reduce the amount of virus in the
environment. Getting people to wear, at least, a KN95 mask in public
if they have flu like symptoms might prevent a lot of infections.
Ron Okimoto
outbreaks-reported-5-states
More avian influenza outbreaks among commercial poultry, mostly in
Indiana, but the infections are moving out of LaGrange county into
neighboring Elkhart and Noble counties.-a They should be implementing
contact tracing to try to determine how the virus is spreading to so
many flocks. A bunch of vultures have died of suspected HPAI
infection in Ohio.-a They were found dead on an athletic field of a
local school.
Do vultures flock in the winter time?-a How could so many die in one
place and all be infected at around the same time?-a The flock may have
feasted on a bunch of migratory birds that died of avian influenza.
When I first moved to Arkansas the state was producing over 3 billion
broiler chickens a year and the highways were littered with birds that
had fallen off the trucks transporting them to the processing plants.
They improved the shipping crates and now you rarely see a dead
chicken along the highway.-a You would think that raptors and vultures
would have had good times with no shortage of carcasses, but you
hardly ever saw any eating a chicken carcass.-a Instead they would
group and eat the road kill raccoons, opossum, armadillos and even
skunks rather than eat a chicken.-a I used to think that it was to
avoid avian diseases, but I do not know why they avoided the chickens.
More bird cases mostly wild ducks in Florida and Georgia, but two
bobcats in two different states (Michigan and Oregon).
Ron Okimoto
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