Is a Bird Flu Pandemic Inevitable?

Why does it feel like avian flu is always circling around? How did it land on cows? Are we on the cusp of another pandemic? Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, host of America Dissected, joins Erin to break down how this strain of bird flu could go from animal plague to human plague, lessons learned from past outbreaks, and what can be done to stop it this time around. SOURCES A Bird Flu H5N1 Status Report - by Eric Topol Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) | FDA USDA Now Requiring Mandatory Testing and Reporting of HPAI in Dairy Cattle as New Data Suggests Virus Outbreak is More Widespread | AgWeb H5N1 update: We have to do better, faster Bird flu ‘an urgent warning to move away from factory farming’ Inflation is cooling. Why are egg prices still so hard to crack? Birds, Pigs, and People: The Rise of Pandemic Flus - PMC The cost of replication fidelity in an RNA virus . 'Nobody saw this coming'; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu H5N1 Bird Flu: Current Situation Summary | Avian Influenza (Flu) Bird flu risk prompts warnings against raw milk, unpasteurized dairy products - CBS News Climate change will force new animal encounters — and boost viral outbreaks . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.