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by NewJazz 782 days ago
It has already transferred to humans from dairy cows.

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20240408/cdc-issues-...

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Yes, but that's just an opportunistic infection of cow flavored H5N1. It's not a new strain that will transmit human to human.

With pigs...the risk is a mutation occurs within a pig that then transmits to humans that allows humans can transmit to other humans.