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5 days agoThe Next Pandemic May Already Be Brewing | The Walrus
Joselynn Armstrong developed severe illness after conjunctivitis, leading to ICU care and identification of H5N1 bird flu as the first Canadian human case.
This is exceptionally rapid detection of an outbreak in free-ranging marine mammals, said professor Christine Johnson, director of the Institute for Pandemic Insights at UC Davis' Weill School of Veterinary Medicine. We have most likely identified the very first cases here because of coordinated teams that have been on high alert with active surveillance for this disease for some time.