Commenting on Louisiana Health department's sadly lacking advice I'd like to add Some extra tips here that are in order ...I'm going to put the 'pre' into the word precautions here and go out on a limb and suggest Louisiana Health Department wake up and advise people who think they are going to expose themselves to bird flu on a regular basis like people who keep chickens in their backyard to also practice:
MASKING and WEARING GOGGLES and GLOVES
if planning on exposing yourself to bird flu...
Make it a science of not breathing it in , Don't sniff, touch rub your eyes or mess with animals you think might have bird flu..wear a MASK and GOGGLES and don't expose your skin or membranes to bird flu ... take precautions that actually work like masks and goggles if you mess with animals that might possibly have bird flu... Mask up and wear goggles around chickens because bird flu is running rampant all over the darn world right now Louisiana and company, farmers, and veterinarians etc.!! I have experience with chickens and if they have bird flu they will infect you with their natural behavior.
REALITY: That human that could have been our mom or dad that died from bird flu from their backyard chickens in Louisiana probably would not have gotten infected if they had worn a mask and goggles and gloves! That's the truth of the matter! I'm sorry but if that person in Louisiana had worn a mask and goggles around their backyard chickens they would likely be perfectly fine today and alive.
In case your masks goggles and gloves don't work around chickens that flap in feces and are prone to catching diseases like bird flu feel free to also follow Louisiana health department advice:
"The Louisiana Department of Health gives the advice as to how
Protecting yourself and others from H5N1 infection:
"Do not touch sick or dead animals or their droppings and do not bring sick wild animals into your home.
Keep your pets away from sick or dead animals and their feces.
Do not eat uncooked or undercooked food. Cook poultry, eggs and other animal products to the proper temperature and prevent cross-contamination between raw and cooked food.
Avoid uncooked food products such as unpasteurized raw milk or cheeses from animals that have a suspected or confirmed infection.
If you work on poultry or dairy farms, talk to your provider about getting your seasonal flu vaccination. It will not prevent infection with avian influenza viruses, but it can reduce the risk of coinfection with avian and flu viruses.
Report dead or sick birds or animals to the USDA toll-free at 1-866-536-7593 or the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Diagnostic Lab at 318-927-3441."
P.S. follow the Masked Man's scientific reasoning, bird keepers, cattle farmers, farmers veterinarians etc... ya catch bird flu by breathing it into your lungs or getting it in your eyes therefore it stands to reason you won't catch bird flu if you don't breathe it into your lungs and/or don't get it into your eyes because of a mask and goggles.. that's using reason! Make it a science of not breathing it in or getting it into your eyes by wearing a a mask and goggles.. that's applied science!
EXPERIENCE THE REALITY Of possible bird flu Exposure: Here's a video of me shooing away some stray chickens that entered my yard These chickens and roosters were at my bird feeder where the day after I found a wren with eye conjunctivitis was frequenting at my feeder also. I had to take down my bird feeder for awhile for fear all my birds would get eye conjunctivitis.. I'm wearing a mask.. Roosters can also have razor sharp claws and be dangerous around their hens.. I recommend goggles as chickens can and do flap real close to your face...a mask and goggles could very well save your life and save you from getting avian flu, You go into a chicken coop and you are exposed there are no two ways about that! They are right in your face. You're going to breathe in their feather dust and they flap up their nesting material into the air all the time and that's for sure.
... This is my how not to catch bird flu by wearing a mask video so you are safe VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ZggIAWUFjyQK7zzAsp6XBYxL6bOvehh/viewquite frankly you gotta be plum crazy dumb birdbrains not to mask up around these creatures to risk a disease like avian flu..you wouldn't want to breathe in the nesting areas of those fowl any more than you'd want to breathe in the nesting areas of a bunch of rodents as one of them flapped up real close to my neck I could feel the air from his flapping right on the back of my neck! That's how close they get. Next time I wear goggles man I don't want their feather dust in my eye no matter what Louisiana Health department says I'm masking and I'd wear a mask and goggles if I were you. ...underneath bandanna is my mask/ respirator and it has a valve to freely exhale from for prolonged use and appropriate cartridges to filter out covid, bird flu as well as a host of airborne diseases.
By the way I lived in Virginia in an area that is considered the poultry capital of the world and where there are tons of poultry workers and mennonites too so basically this whole idea from various spokespeople that the public shouldn’t be concerned about bird flu does not apply to my point of view because where I am from the general public consisted of farmers! Bird flu is more than a public concern that’s for sure!
I think it’s fair enough to press Louisiana Health department a little and ask them why on earth they wouldn’t at least suggest masks and goggles to people who have backyard chickens in their area because of the recent cases of Avian flu and considering somebody with chickens just died in Louisiana’s backyard probably for not wearing a mask or goggles. It wouldn’t be the most unorthodoxed or weirdest thing in the world for a health department to tell the public they might want to wear a filter over their mouth and nose and shield their pretty eyes for a disease that in the past has been known to kill 50 percent: that is killed half of all those it has infected and probably maimed and severely disabled the remaining half . After all let’s face it just because ya survive or live through something doesn’t mean you’ll come out on top in one piece.
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