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A 35-year-old farmer with suspected symptoms of the Avian Influenza was admitted to the isolation ward of the Government District Hospital here on Tuesday. Feb 16, 2026
The farmer identified as Prasad is from Yadamarri mandal of Chittoor district. The Hospital sources said that the farmer came to the hospital as an outpatient, with high fever, cough, and irritated eyes. He was later shifted to the isolation ward. Samples were collected and sent for advanced tests to confirm whether the case was bird flu or not, sources added. However, the medical officer said that there was no need for any panic. With the onset of the summer season, the prevalence of the virus would naturally be diminished among the birds, and the chances of acquiring the virus from bird to man are very remote, the medical officer added
LINK: COMMENT: Gotta ask how are hospitals going to immediately distinguish somebody that has avian influenza from influenza B that is going on right now? Will the doctors and nurses as well as people in waiting rooms have their masks on while doing these tests or visiting on somebody that haphazardly at random just enters a hospital with avian flu?
How can exposure to someone who might have avian flu with all these sick & dead birds and influenza B that is currently going on at same time everywhere not be of "public concern"? All Ive been hearing about is how hospitals are easing there mask ordinances(Feb 19, 2026) so how is that going to prevent someone with avian flu from infecting others in the waiting room or prevent avian flu amongst hospital staff when such occurrences happen?
In many of the latest Avian outbreaks cases We are being advised to mask when exposing ourselves to sick or dead birds. I can't help but think we should mask around sick people and places like healthcare environments as well while all these masses of birds are dying. I am a mere layperson on the subject but Seems to me it would be hard to distinguish cases of influenza B from Avian Influenza for those of us concerned about zoonotic diseases and spillover.
Sometimes I think healthcare facilities mistake themselves as being part of the general public.. healthcare is not "the public" Healthcare hosts incoming people who are ill, sick or have injuries or other maladies. So when newscasters or health officials say "it is not of the public concern, in reality, that doesn't apply to healthcare facilities. I'm not sure healthcare facilities realize that. The chances of somebody entering a hospital with avian bird flu are pretty high.. where else they gonna go? What I am saying is healthcare minimizing this risk (the zoonotic spillover human to human avian flu everybody fears) by masking and taking precautions? While Hospitals and health officials are telling everybody not to touch or breathe in the sick dead birds I'm simply asking people not to touch or breathe in the sick humans as well...
Masking for zoonotic spillover is my idea...Its certainly not being mentioned in the mainstream news... I might be the first one to ever consider masking to prevent zoonotic spillover of diseases and its human-human transmission so it doesn't facilitate its dissemination among the human population..I dunno...just food for thought and for those of us truly concerned about zoonotic spillover and the ability of a viral species to be transmitted by direct contact (human-human transmission) facilitatating its dissemination among the human population.
Here's the flaw in healthcare a farmer or veterinarian or someone working close to animals gets avian flu doesn't know it.. doesn't seek help or treatment right away and has some sort of capability of spreading it human to human .. people who have had no contact with animals somehow having avian flu then going around even to the hospital creating more sickness. That's why I don't understand healthcare that does away with masking mandates during avian flu season and all seasons for that matter. Considering we are all in the animal kingdom, I don't understand why many health experts and health officials would have us mask for sick birds and other animals and not mask for one another during a time when masses of animals are sick suffering and then dead?
...I can't speak for others but my loved one and I are animals and we are certainly are masking for our health, .. the numbers of dead fowl are astronomical in New Jersey , Pennsylvania...the world over right now
I'm not playing chicken with avian flu.
I'm masking for health and for life!,
The Masked Man
