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"Two people are sick and in isolation in Oakland County and nine others are being monitored after they had direct contact with H5N1 bird flu from an infected backyard flock..."

 the risk of contracting H5N1 is low to the average person, certain activities increase the risk — like drinking raw milk, interacting with wild birds, domestic backyard flocks, working on a commercial dairy or poultry farm or in a meat-processing facility, or coming into contact with sick animals, even family pets.

"We know that H5N1 has spilled over into multiple mammalian species," It's been seen in coyotes and mice and all kinds of animals. There was a polar bear with H5N1. There have been seals with H5N1. So it's more than just pets. I think anyone who is coming into contact with an ill animal has to know that there is a risk of H5N1 at this point in time.

"H5N1 is extremely pathogenic in chickens, for example. So if you own a backyard flock and your chickens are sick, most definitely keep your household pets away from those chickens. Please reach out to either your local health department  and let them know that you have ill chickens."




Wow. So my daughters has been tending to a sick chicken for a couple days and now she's sick.  We don't live in Oakland County but we border Oakland County so this shit's in our neighborhood.