WHAT SHOULD THE US DO?
Rick Vivid, a former high US well being official, has been amongst these calling for the division of agriculture to launch extra details about chicken flu infections amongst animals.
“There are nonetheless simply reams of information from this present administration that have not been launched,” he advised the Washington Submit on Monday.
America has a stockpile of hundreds of thousands of H5N1 vaccine doses, which Vivid mentioned ought to obtain the correct authorisation and be provided to at-risk individuals reminiscent of farm staff.
The Biden authorities has additionally been urged to encourage firms to develop speedy residence exams, reminiscent of these broadly used to rapidly diagnose COVID-19, in addition to monitor wastewater for chicken flu.
A number of of the consultants known as on Biden to behave rapidly, earlier than president-elect Trump replaces him in lower than two weeks.
There are explicit concerns about Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy is a sceptic of vaccines, which might be among the many strongest weapons to fend off a possible new pandemic. He’s additionally a recognized fan of uncooked milk, which has repeatedly been discovered to be contaminated with chicken flu from contaminated dairy cows.