Published March 14, 2023
Thomas Russo tells that since the H5N1 virus (also known as bird flu) has efficiently infected a range of other animals, it could theoretically evolve to become good at spreading among humans. In the worst-case scenario, this would lead to a situation similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, with large swaths of the population infected with a virus that scientists would need to scramble to treat. The articles summarized, however, that there’s zero evidence that humans can spread the virus to other humans.
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