Understanding the Zoonotic Potential of
Avian Influenza
https://www.canadianveterinarians.net/media/2lwf2vec/cezd-infobulletin-understanding-the-zoonotic-potential-of-avian-influenza-2023-03-21.pdfFrom bad to worse: How avian flu must change to trigger a human pandemic
https://www.science.org/content/article/bad-worse-avian-flu-must-change-trigger-human-pandemic
Short Scientific Publication with Focus on Mutations
Avian influenza death of Alaska polar bear is a global first and a sign of the virus’ persistence
Aside from the large and wide-ranging death toll in the wild, the current outbreak has some other differences, particularly its durability, as seen in its persistence away from domestic flocks.
The Story of Influenza
Virtually every expert on influenza believes another pandemic is nearly inevitable, that it will kill millions of people, and that it could kill tens of millions—and a virus like 1918, or H5N1, might kill a hundred million or more—and that it could cause economic and social disruption on a massive scale. This disruption itself could kill as well.
Primary Pandemic Prevention
How can we stop the emergence of pandemic viruses in the first place? Whenever possible, treat the cause. (...)Indeed, factory farms are a public health menace. In addition to discontinuing the intensive confinement practices of animal agriculture, we should continue to research, develop, and invest in innovative plant-based and cultivated meat technologies to move away from raising billions of feathered and curly-tailed test tubes for viruses with pandemic potential to mutate within.
Endangered Species
California condor preservation efforts
California condor study update
ECDC "Avian Influenza Overview"
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data
Example report, April-June 2023
CDC H5N1 Mutation Information
Universal Influenza Vaccine Technology Landscape
A great vaccine database with a different focus is the Universal Influenza Vaccine Technology Landscape by CIDRAP.
Ebola documentary
A terrifying documentary on Youtube showing the psychological impact and resulting chaos of a very lethal outbreak .
Disaster Bonds documentary
A documentary on Youtube about how tail risk hedge funds calculate risks for disaster bonds.
"The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years" documentary
A documentary on Youtube about a pre-historic panzootic being so severe that traces of the virus can still be found in the DNA of humans and many animals.