Summary
A study reviewing 1,500 research papers found that 90% of pregnant women who contract bird flu (H5N1) die, with 87% of their unborn babies also dying.
Most surviving babies are born prematurely.
While human cases are rare and usually result from direct contact with infected birds, the findings highlight the vulnerability of pregnant women, who often face exclusion from vaccine trials and public health programs.
Experts stress the need for pandemic preparedness and ethical studies on vaccine safety in pregnant women as H5N1 continues to spread globally.
Am I still half asleep and missing something? That 90% fatality rate is huge, why is this not bigger news?
Because eggs are like $4.50, so we’ve collectively decided that we need to detour through right wing populism and relitigate basic human rights and democratic principles before we can do anything else.
It’s not like it’s 90% of CEOs. Just their brood mares. COVID was less discriminate.
Probably because the number of infected is relatively low and human-to-human transmission isn’t confirmed yet. But I agree, that’s a scary % and I’m afraid no action will be taken until it’s a full blown pandemic and then it’s too late.
shhh, they’re saving the good part for later when we’re in pandemic 2.