makeasnek@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-211 months agoWhat are your thoughts about H5N1 "bird flu"? Are you doing anything to prepare? Think it's overblown?message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down16
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minus-squarehellofriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI wonder if there’s an overlap with COVID affected species. Is it possible for COVID to have made mammalian species more susceptible to illness?
minus-squaremacabrett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt’s absolutely possible and there are several studies on the subject going back to 2020. Probably a part of why people are getting sick with things like RSV more regularly too. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72718-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47720-8 (this one’s a study about LC patients immune dysfunction improving over 8 months)
I wonder if there’s an overlap with COVID affected species. Is it possible for COVID to have made mammalian species more susceptible to illness?
It’s absolutely possible and there are several studies on the subject going back to 2020. Probably a part of why people are getting sick with things like RSV more regularly too.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72718-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47720-8 (this one’s a study about LC patients immune dysfunction improving over 8 months)