Post Reply - A new pandemic

unpopular as they might be

   https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/emerg-microbes-inf-risk-assessment-of.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/emerg-microbes-inf-risk-assessment-of.html ;Over the past couple of decades it has become increasingly apparent that the first influenza subtype you are exposed to makes a significant and life-long impression on your immune system-
Age-stratified analysis indicated that all serum specimens with detectable cattle H5N1 nAb were obtained from individuals aged 60 years or above, while none of the 120 individuals aged between 0 and 59 years old had detectable cattle H5N1 nAb. Our results suggest that immune imprinting due to childhood exposure to H1N1 or H2N2 may elicit nAb that cross neutralize H5N1.
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As Maggie Fox explained last year in SCI AM - A Bird Flu Vaccine Might Come Too Late to Save Us from H5N1, our pharmaceutical options during the opening months of any pandemic will be limited. Which means - unpopular as they might be - NPIs (non-pharmaceutical interventions like masks, social distancing, etc.) will once again become our first line of defense.

DJ, NPI offers protection against a lot of health risks !