Two of the subjects testing positive for H5N1 in Colorado recently were indoor-only housecats
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USDA to take ‘additional step’ in testing beef from former dairy cattle for bird flu • Oregon Capital Chronicle
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/08/30/usda-to-take-additional-step-in-testing-beef-from-former-dairy-cattle-for-bird-flu/
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study to test samples from diary cows for evidence of bird flu.
Two possibilities:
- The test is subject to false positives in a way that wasn’t predicted
- We fucked