Blythe Terrell

Yeah, they say basically as long as you're, you know, cooking up your eggs well, they think eggs are safe.

Oh, my God. Five dozen eggs. Don't do it. Right. Don't Gaston your way to getting bird flu, please. The other thing that I would just want to point out is that it's showing up in cows and we're like really not doing all that much to stop it. Like definitely not to the level of what we do with other animals, chickens.

Oh, my God. Five dozen eggs. Don't do it. Right. Don't Gaston your way to getting bird flu, please. The other thing that I would just want to point out is that it's showing up in cows and we're like really not doing all that much to stop it. Like definitely not to the level of what we do with other animals, chickens.

Yeah, exactly. And I mean, it kind of makes sense that we're not killing the cows because like what's reassuring is that a lot of the cows are surviving. It's not like they're getting super, super sick from this bird flu.

Yeah, exactly. And I mean, it kind of makes sense that we're not killing the cows because like what's reassuring is that a lot of the cows are surviving. It's not like they're getting super, super sick from this bird flu.

Yeah, so once it gets into cows, it starts spreading among the cows like crazy.

Yeah, so once it gets into cows, it starts spreading among the cows like crazy.

So it's so far been found in more than a thousand herds of cows in 17 states in the U.S., And I will tell you one more thing, Wendy. Oh, yeah.

So it's so far been found in more than a thousand herds of cows in 17 states in the U.S., And I will tell you one more thing, Wendy. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. So to go back to one of the big concerns here, that we end up in a situation where the virus gets in more and more animals, more and more animals. Now that the cows have it, we think... a whole bunch of new animals might also be at risk.

Yeah. So to go back to one of the big concerns here, that we end up in a situation where the virus gets in more and more animals, more and more animals. Now that the cows have it, we think... a whole bunch of new animals might also be at risk.

And that's partly because of this disgusting and kind of fascinating thing called a manure lagoon. Oh, sounds like a 90s band.

And that's partly because of this disgusting and kind of fascinating thing called a manure lagoon. Oh, sounds like a 90s band.

Yeah. So after the break, we hear what happens when humans get this new type of bird flu.

Yeah. So after the break, we hear what happens when humans get this new type of bird flu.

Okay, so we heard about the cows, all the birds, the seals, all these other animals, right? Yes. So after all this cow stuff starts popping off, pretty quickly we start getting reports of bird flu in humans in the U.S.

Okay, so we heard about the cows, all the birds, the seals, all these other animals, right? Yes. So after all this cow stuff starts popping off, pretty quickly we start getting reports of bird flu in humans in the U.S.

Yes. So in the U.S., we start seeing cases in people around March 2024. That's when we get the first known case of someone getting it from a cow. And actually, scientists think that not only is this the first time that they know about that bird flu has gone cow to human— They actually think that this is the first time they know about that any mammal has given bird flu to any human.

Yes. So in the U.S., we start seeing cases in people around March 2024. That's when we get the first known case of someone getting it from a cow. And actually, scientists think that not only is this the first time that they know about that bird flu has gone cow to human— They actually think that this is the first time they know about that any mammal has given bird flu to any human.

Right, right, yeah. We normally get it directly from a bird.