The detection of the virus in cattle herds across the country has further heightened the concern, as the virus's ability to evolve from pigs to humans poses a significant threat. Redfield also warned that there is a greater risk of the disease being lab-grown, as the "recipe for how to make bird flu highly [infectious] for humans is already out there."
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Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- A bird flu pandemic is inevitable – and it’s only a matter of time before it strikes, according to former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield.
- Redfield’s comments come amid mounting concerns over the detection of the virus in dozens of cattle herds across the United States and the first reported human death in Mexico
- In a recent interview with NewsNation, Redfield expressed his belief that a bird flu pandemic is a high likely. “I really do think it’s very likely that we will, at some time,” he said. “It’s not a question of if; it’s more of a question of when we will have a bird flu pandemic.” He emphasized the significant mortality rate associated with the virus, with an estimation of a mortality rate of “somewhere between 25 and 50 percent,” in contrast to the 0.6 percent death rate observed in the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Redfield explained that the key to the virus’s ability to spread from human to human lies in the change of five specific amino acids in a critical receptor. Once the virus acquires this capacity, the pandemic could be unleashed. Redfield stated, “That’s when you’re going to have the pandemic. And as I said, I think it’s just a matter of time.”
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