12/13 Key gap: Enhanced surveillance systems to detect mammalian infections early. Current monitoring is inadequate for a virus that's already jumped species and shown airborne transmission capacity in lab models.
#SurveillanceGaps #EarlyDetection
7/9 A perfect storm is brewing:
Ongoing mutations + genomic reassortment + co-circulation with other flu viruses = increased pandemic risk.
Meanwhile, the FDA suspended its dairy testing program due to budget cuts.
Timing couldn't be worse.
#ViralReassortment #SurveillanceGaps
8/15 Yet surveillance remains woefully inadequate. Cats are rarely tested for H5N1 unless they've already died, creating a vast blind spot in pandemic preparedness. Coleman emphasizes the real infection numbers likely dwarf official counts.
#SurveillanceGaps #UnderReporting #DataLimitations
8/9 Incomplete data compounds the problem: two-thirds of submissions lack sufficient host species details, 90% don't specify if animals were domestic or wild, and 87% omit health status information.
#IncompleteData #SurveillanceGaps
#H5N1 #BirdFlu
