Blythe Terrell

And one reason this has been on my mind so much is, so when I first started working on this episode, you know, watching all this last year into this year, human cases were kind of ticking up kind of a few at a time here and there. There's reports, there's news reports, data's coming in. And it was early this year, like around February, when we hit that 70 cases or so that I mentioned, right?

And so where we are now, it's May, more than two months later, and we're still, like, supposedly at 70 cases. Mmm. And that just makes me a little suspicious, right? Because the flu is still showing up in cows. It's still showing up in new herds of cattle, right? There have been almost 50 new cattle herds infected in just the past month.

And so where we are now, it's May, more than two months later, and we're still, like, supposedly at 70 cases. Mmm. And that just makes me a little suspicious, right? Because the flu is still showing up in cows. It's still showing up in new herds of cattle, right? There have been almost 50 new cattle herds infected in just the past month.

Yeah. So, like, are we really not getting more cases in people? It's just so hard to know if we can trust that.

Yeah. So, like, are we really not getting more cases in people? It's just so hard to know if we can trust that.

Yeah. And there is one more thing, you know, that... I guess gets my Spidey sense on this tingling. So there was this CDC report out a couple months ago, like before all these firings really got going, where what they had done is they had tested a bunch of veterinarians who work on large animals, right?

Yeah. And there is one more thing, you know, that... I guess gets my Spidey sense on this tingling. So there was this CDC report out a couple months ago, like before all these firings really got going, where what they had done is they had tested a bunch of veterinarians who work on large animals, right?

And they found that three of them had antibodies for this bird flu for H5N1. Okay. Yeah, but they hadn't really been sick. And in some cases, these vets hadn't even known they were working with infected animals in the first place. So what this tells me, right, is that there have been at least some silent cases of this flu already. floating around.

And they found that three of them had antibodies for this bird flu for H5N1. Okay. Yeah, but they hadn't really been sick. And in some cases, these vets hadn't even known they were working with infected animals in the first place. So what this tells me, right, is that there have been at least some silent cases of this flu already. floating around.

Right.

Right.

That's, yeah, that's my feeling in this moment. And I guess I will say, like, not to... Not to put your scare hat on. Not to put my scare hat on. I will say, you know, I will say, like, not to... I don't want to be alarmist about it, right? Because I will also say that, like, I asked a bunch of scientists this question. Because I've had this question.

That's, yeah, that's my feeling in this moment. And I guess I will say, like, not to... Not to put your scare hat on. Not to put my scare hat on. I will say, you know, I will say, like, not to... I don't want to be alarmist about it, right? Because I will also say that, like, I asked a bunch of scientists this question. Because I've had this question.

I'm like, if there is... If this thing really starts to spread, will we know? Mm-hmm. And all of them were like, yeah, dude. Like, if this really gets going, like, and we're seeing a lot of cases, they're like, we'll know. You know, like, reports are going to come out other ways. There's going to be, you know, you're going to start hearing from doctors. Yeah.

I'm like, if there is... If this thing really starts to spread, will we know? Mm-hmm. And all of them were like, yeah, dude. Like, if this really gets going, like, and we're seeing a lot of cases, they're like, we'll know. You know, like, reports are going to come out other ways. There's going to be, you know, you're going to start hearing from doctors. Yeah.

Is it... Are we crying wolves? Well, now you have me worried, Wendy. We all know what happened to that guy. He was murdered by wolves.

Is it... Are we crying wolves? Well, now you have me worried, Wendy. We all know what happened to that guy. He was murdered by wolves.

So stop trying to trap me into...

So stop trying to trap me into...

I've got my binoculars. I'm going to do my best to keep watch for the wolves.