Biden is dangerously unready for a virus spreading globally. Here are 4 things to change

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The H5N1 virus, which for 30 years affected mostly birds, is rapidly evolving and spreading globally. The Biden administration is dangerously unready.

Over the last two years, H5N1 has jumped from birds to mammals, infecting at least 26 species.

South American scientists publishing in the prestigious journal Nature Communications report massive “sea lion die-offs” and warn about avian influenza viruses “potentially evolving into the next global pandemic.”

Here in the United States, dairy cows, never before vulnerable to bird flu, are infected in six states.

Is the public in danger? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk is “low” but is advising states to be ready with rapid tests. In the U.S., only two human cases have been reported; neither person died.

But according to the World Health Organization, since 2003, nearly 1,000 people in other parts of the world have contracted the virus — almost always from touching a sick or dead bird or bird feces. Four hundred sixty-three died.

Some food safety experts caution against eating runny egg yolks, cheeses made with raw milk, and foods made with uncooked eggs.

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