Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: on Nostr: "Concerns are growing about undiagnosed illness among farmworkers because of a lack ...

"Concerns are growing about undiagnosed illness among farmworkers because of a lack of testing and safety precautions. One reason for concern: Bird flu and seasonal flu are capable of gene trading, so if they ended up in the same body at the same time, bird flu might end up with genes that boost its contagiousness. The virus doesn’t appear to be spreading easily between people yet."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/colorado-farmworkers-bird-flu-dairies-chickens-ppe/

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