Important Takeaways:
- Gruesome first photo of Texas dairy farm worker who caught bird flu from a cow shows how he suffered bleeding in his eyeballs
- This is the first image of the Texas dairy farm worker who caught bird flu from a cow.
- While the man suffered ‘very mild’ symptoms, the photo shows how the virus caused blood vessels in his eyes to pop, leading to bleeding on the surface of his eyeballs.
- In an official case report published Friday, experts at the CDC said they found ‘strong evidence’ via genetic data that he caught the virus from an infected cow in March.
- The confirmation marks the first instance of the H5N1 virus jumping from mammals to humans – a milestone that is of ‘enormous concern’ to the World Health Organization.
- The report added: ‘Over the subsequent days, the worker reported resolution of conjunctivitis without respiratory symptoms and household contacts remained well.’
- CDC Director Dr Mandy Cohen described the individual’s infection in early April as ‘very mild’.
- She told NPR: ‘The person had very mild symptoms. They’re recovering well. But we want to make sure, again, that we are testing folks who may have been in contact.’
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