Vegoon@feddit.de to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoPerson is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texasapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down16
arrow-up1336arrow-down1external-linkPerson is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texasapnews.comVegoon@feddit.de to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 months agoIt’s because they’re infected with avian influenza and ‘cow flu’ doesn’t exist afaik.
minus-squareanlumo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoThe pangolin transmission is still just a theory based on the fact that you’d have to eat way too much bat to infect yourself based on that. The only certainty is that it was once transmitted by bats.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoInfluenza is a type of virus, completely unrelated to coronavirus. And COVID-19 originated in bats, not pangolins.
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It’s because they’re infected with avian influenza and ‘cow flu’ doesn’t exist afaik.
The pangolin transmission is still just a theory based on the fact that you’d have to eat way too much bat to infect yourself based on that.
The only certainty is that it was once transmitted by bats.
Influenza is a type of virus, completely unrelated to coronavirus. And COVID-19 originated in bats, not pangolins.