The first human cases of H5N8 occur with bird flu in Russia

The bird was apparently given to seven people in Russia. Bird flu, ie And it was a bit of a bird play.

Back in November 2020, I wrote for Forbes about the spread of bird flu snoring, A (H5N8) among birds in Europe. Well, this strain seems to have been passed from birds to some people. TASS, reported the Russian News Agency, that this type of flu has been found in seven chicken farm workers in southern Russia. They said that Anna Popova, Head of the Federal Service for the Study of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Health, said: “Scientists of the Vector Center have removed genetic material of this type of avian flu in seven patients work on a poultry farm in the southern Russian Federation, where outbreaks in bird numbers were recorded in December 2020. “These were the first confirmed cases of avian influenza A disease ( H5N8) in the world.

TASS said the seven farm workers are now in “good health” with the clinical course “very mild.” According to TASS, Popova said: “Data on the first case of influenza A (H5N8) in human diseases have already been submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO). This happened a few days ago, as soon as we did we became completely confident in our results. “They did not give a detailed explanation of when in December the issues arose and when the Russian authorities became aware of the issue. In other words, it is not clear who knew when and how. The WHO seems to know about this now.

In fact, news of people getting a bird flu infection is usually not good. It’s not like you should say, “Path to viruses! You did it! “Whenever a person becomes infected for the first time with a virus that usually affects other animals, there is the potential for serious complications. Your immune system is not used to being infected with such viruses and, as such, may not be ready to provide adequate protection. It would be like a cat showing up at your house with a space laser. You would not know what to do and would not be willing to offer the right answer. An example of an appropriate response might be to ask, “would you consider putting down that space laser and sharing some avocado toast with me” or just “meow. ”

Even worse, when your immune system is not used to such a threat, it can do too much. It can be like a crazy guy who doesn’t know what to do on a date, just trying nothing. Should he talk about his muscles or his car? Should he offer more suggestions or sing the song “Hallelujah?” Similarly, your immune system could release all sorts of chemicals and move cells in a wrong attempt to eliminate the threat. As a result, your immune system could lose the virus but along the way it will do great harm to your own body.

This is certainly what happened when the Covid-19 coronavirus, also known as acute coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) syndrome came into being in case you wanted to use more words to describe the same thing, he made some way from other animals such as bat animals for humans. You were not a human being, assuming you are a human and not a hedgehog dressed as a human, the right defenses in your body already. When you caught the SARS-CoV2, you and your immune system were basically caught with your proverbial pants, unless you were definitely on a Zoom call without your pants.

This is also what happened back in 2009, when the swine flu strain, H1N1, jumped into humans. If you recall, it was also a pandemic, although not as severe as the current one.

That doesn’t mean you should press the panic button when jumping from other animals to humans. First, if a panic button has been installed in your bedroom, you should reconsider the purpose of such a button. Second, not every jump takes a bad turn.

Such viruses are expected to be transmitted from other animals to humans here and there. Viruses like flu viruses always get mutations. After introducing an animal, they effectively play the song “Let’s Get It On” over and over again, using the instrument in the animal’s cells to greatly re- production. But a virus using a cell to reproduce by itself is like a cat using a copy machine. At least some copies will contain errors.

With a very high conversion rate, each new copy of the virus has the potential to have a slightly different genetic code. The resulting mutations may not affect the virus in a concrete way or in fact make the virus less capable of doing things. However, if the mutation actually improves the ability of the virus to survive and infect others as humans, this new mutant species may have a “fitness benefit”. This new pressure will soon outweigh other layers and with more of the generation surviving, it will become more common. This is how changes can arise and spread. Snoring that can be introduced by humans as well as other animals is more likely to survive and thrive because it has more options for getting a “Cake by the Ocean,” which is not about seaside deserts.

Of course, just because a virus can spread to humans for the first time does not mean that a pandemic will start. Unless a new dance case begins where everyone around the world gets a pair with a bird, the type of bird feather, a virus that cannot spread from bird to human is unlikely to have pandemic potential. The big leap would be to change a mutation that would allow humans to pass on the viruses to each other. Fortunately, to date, there is no evidence that the H5N8 strain is spreading from person to person.

But despite this, this is a reminder that viruses can occasionally be transmitted from other animals to humans. Some of these jumps could lead to a small number of people becoming slightly ill. Some may lead to more serious illness. And some could be bigger problems, maybe even “oh bleep” problems. Therefore, people need to be vigilant and set up monitoring systems that capture and report these jerseys as soon as possible, and not a month or two after they occur. You may see Russia from your home if you happen to be from certain parts of Alaska. But for now, the rest of the world is up to the Russian public health authorities to identify and control any incidents that may occur in Russia.

These jumpers can happen anywhere in the world. Viruses don’t say, “Oh, let’s jump near a large medical laboratory until we find and treat them quickly.” If so, public health experts around the world should hear about revolution. in December or as soon as possible. In addition, there may be delays in detecting, detecting, and reporting virus spreads from birds to humans to infect the bird, a lot of bird flu that is in a lot more people around the world.