and speaking of the pandemic are we heading towards another pandemic is bird flu going to cause the next pandemic let me tell you what a US expert has said he has suggested that b bird flu could potentially be the next pandemic who is this expert his name is Robert Redfield and who is he he is a former CDC director CDC is the Centers for Disease Control and prevention it is the national public health agency of the United States so if a former director of the agency is saying that the warning absolutely cannot be taken lightly he was speaking to us-based TV network news Nation he has basically said that he is he that he really does think it is very likely that we will at some time it's not a question of if it's more a question of when we will have a bird flu pandemic he also pointed out that the mortality rate from bird flu is likely to be much higher as compared to covid-19 that's how serious this is just for context here bird flu has infected mammals like seals raccoons Bears cattle primarily due to contact with infected Birds scientists are on alert for changes in the virus that could signal it is adapting to spread more easily among human beings according to the World Health Organization the current risk of bird flu virus to the general population is low and by the way 24 companies are working to develop an Aven flu vaccine for cattle as the virus spreads Among Us Dairy herds this is as per the agriculture secretary Tom W Tom wilsack according to the US Department of Agriculture bird flu has infected 90 Dairy herds across 12 States since late March three Dairy Farm Workers also have been infected with the virus two in Michigan and one in Texas Federal officials had earlier said that further spread of bird flu Among Us Dairy hers presents additional opportunities for human infections while urging Farms to take enhanced bio security measures in order to contain the virus the thing is a vaccine could curb the risk of bird flu spreading to new species and lessen potential economic losses for Dairy Farmers but may take years to develop and what's also concerning is what researchers recently found in raw milk samples spiked with high amounts of bird flu virus small amounts of infectious virus were still detectable after treatment with a standard pasturization method to stay up to speed with the latest news download the weon app And subscribe to our YouTube channel