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Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over California Bird Flu Outbreak

by Will Jones
19 December 2024 1:00 PM

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency over a bird flu outbreak in California, saying the move would allow the state to “expedite” its efforts to contain the outbreak. The Telegraph has the story.

It comes shortly after an individual in Louisiana was sent to hospital with bird flu, marking the U.S.’s first severe reaction to the H5N1 virus.

California has recorded 32 of the 61 bird flu infections in the U.S., according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

There are no signs that the virus has spread between humans in the state, which would be necessary for a pandemic to start. Currently, all cases have been linked to exposure to cattle or birds.

California officials said the decision to declare the emergency was made after H5N1 was detected in cattle in the south of the state.

Mr. Newsom said on Thursday: “This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure Government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak.

“While the risk to the public remains low, we will continue to take all necessary steps to prevent the spread of this virus.”

California ended its Covid state of emergency in February 2023, having issued it in March 2020.

Earlier on Thursday, Louisiana said an individual had suffered the U.S.’s first severe reaction to the H5N1 virus after being exposed to “sick or dead birds” on their property.

“The patient is experiencing severe respiratory illness related to H5N1 infection and is currently hospitalised in critical condition,” said Emma Herrock, a spokesman for the state health department.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: Bird FluCaliforniaEmergency PowersGavin NewsomPandemic PreparednessUnited States

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psychedelia smith
psychedelia smith
5 months ago

Cattle you say? Convenient. Prepare for a Bill Gates sponsored cattle massacre

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Hester
Hester
5 months ago
Reply to  psychedelia smith

And Bill’s fake meat introduction. YUMMM Chemically flavour

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stewart
stewart
5 months ago

How can they take measures to stop the spread of a virus if they don’t know how viruses spread?

I don’t mean vague ideas about how they spread, I mean actual real specific knowledge?

If they knew they would be able to tell us why some animals get sick and others don’t, how some humans catch it but others don’t.

They can’t predict anything specific and so they don’t know anything really.

Covid taught me that on these matters, so scientists hugely oversell the little they know.

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Hester
Hester
5 months ago
Reply to  stewart

Its the desperation of the Democrats trying to undermine Trump and RFK, Newsom is a nuisance.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
5 months ago
Reply to  Hester

And he is also someone to whom the Covid ‘rules’ didn’t apply. Just like in our own N0 10.

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Sforzesca
Sforzesca
5 months ago
Reply to  stewart

See Tom Jefferson/Carl Heneghan substack “Trust the Evidence”..
Tom is/was lead author on Upper respiratory infections for Cochrane Review. Decades of experience and reviews of data.
Basically the conclusion is that nobody really knows how virus/URI’s spread and that save for hand washing ( a slight benefit) ALL none pharmaceutical interventions ie masks, social distancing, and cutting off the bottom of school doors (Scotland only) etc. don’t work

See the Riddle of Transmission series. Well worth a read.
And recently they’ve taken “Bird Flu” apart…..

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
5 months ago
Reply to  Sforzesca

They could just open the door slightly, then they wouldn’t need to repair or replace it when it gets cold. Just the AS in me pointing out the obvious!

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Jack the dog
Jack the dog
5 months ago
Reply to  stewart

That don’t care about facts…

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FerdIII
FerdIII
5 months ago

Fake virus. Fake pandemic. Pandemic is now fake tests and ‘cases’.

Lock it down? Diapers? Stabs?

Disrupt the handover to Trump.

Martial law?

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
5 months ago
Reply to  FerdIII

Funny thing, they were talking about the XL bully dogs on the radio and said you can’t rely on DNA testing because people have tested the accuracy be sending DNA from a Labrador for an example. I seem to remember a now dead African leader (one of many) who sent pieces of fruit and various objects for PCR testing, coming back positive.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
5 months ago
Reply to  Ron Smith

John Malafuli. Tanzania. Murdered.

And others.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
5 months ago

Jackanory springs to mind. Possibly the first steps in seeking to disrupt the inauguration of HRH Donald Trump.

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
5 months ago

I have been to CA. Prices through the roof. Druggies dominate San Francisco. No need to go again. They can stew in their own juice.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
5 months ago
Reply to  EppingBlogger

Reported that Leicester Hospital today require masks to ‘stop the spread’ of respiratory diseases. Other ahead of them already. Where one goes the rest will follow. Stir in a bit of ‘Bird Flu’ (not that I care, being a bloke…) , and 60% of the population will turn back into maskers in a heartbeat. I must confess I’ve already seen more maskers this week than I have in the last couple of years, silly chumps.

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RW
RW
5 months ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

I agree that these people are silly but they’re still victims. NHS officials shouldn’t abuse the authority of their position to recommend pointless-but-harmful public health measures.

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JXB
JXB
5 months ago

Bird ’flu had been about for a very long time and is endemic in the wild avian population.

Viruses in one spieces can sometimes infect subjects in another – happens all the time. It isn’t a crisis, nor can it be stopped.

Odd that something which has been going on for ever “suddenly” is a crisis.

State of emergency: diversionary tactics to draw attention to away from the dire situation in CA caused by the creature in charge.

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RTSC
RTSC
5 months ago

Wolf, wolf ….. a Big Bad Wolf. Let the shepherd look after you (and herd you off to the slaughterhouse).

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