Summary

A study reviewing 1,500 research papers found that 90% of pregnant women who contract bird flu (H5N1) die, with 87% of their unborn babies also dying.

Most surviving babies are born prematurely.

While human cases are rare and usually result from direct contact with infected birds, the findings highlight the vulnerability of pregnant women, who often face exclusion from vaccine trials and public health programs.

Experts stress the need for pandemic preparedness and ethical studies on vaccine safety in pregnant women as H5N1 continues to spread globally.

    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Only the future knows.

      Hindsight is always 20-20, I don’t think it was malicious for us to require masks and such when we hadn’t dealt with a pandemic like COVID for literal decades.

      Coordination between agencies internationally helped somewhat, masks helped somewhat, distancing helped somewhat. The sum of these contributions is what helped blunt the initial deadly edge of COVID-19.

      We know more now. Let’s do our best and keep friends and family safe.

    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
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      5 days ago

      Which part is the authoritarian?

      • Mask mandates
      • Hygiene guilnes
      • Testing requirements
      • Social distancing
      • Vaccinations

      Or something else?

      • Conveniently forgets to include the most authoritarian thing in ur list. Id say the restriction of movement and forcing u to id urself at every place u go is pretty authoritarian. Also nothing against vaccines but forcing people to have it violates the concept of informed concent (thats what we charged the nazi docters with).