Bird flu poses growing pandemic threat as virus evolves | 29 Jan 2025 | Bird flu poses an increasing pandemic threat as it becomes more adaptive, jumping to humans, pets and zoo animals, Europe's disease and food agencies warned on Wednesday. They are urging countries to step up their surveillance and containment measures to prevent the virus from continuing to evolve and become more dangerous to people. The risk of infection for the general European population remains low... But the situation would change if there was any "confirmed human-to-human transmission," said Edoardo Colzani, head of respiratory viruses at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The ECDC and EFSA have identified 34 key genetic mutations that make the virus more likely to jump from animals to humans but also to replicate to allow human-to-human transmission. [Another gain-of-function gift from Fauci? Do not comply.]

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