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Cats with bird flu?
The threat grows, but not enough is being done to stop it
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The affected cats lived in different areas of Poland, yet their viruses had almost identical genetic sequences.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Zeynep Tufekci
The global H5N1 bird flu outbreak, already devastating wild birds and poultry, keeps spreading to mammals, bringing it one step closer to a potential human outbreak.
Of course, since the coronavirus pandemic taught us the importance of responding early and aggressively to outbreaks…
