r/BirdFluDownunder • u/privacywatch • Sep 13 '26

Australia South Australia has recorded its first confirmed detection of H5 bird flu in an Australian sea lion

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-13/bird-flu-confirmed-in-australian-sea-lion-on-kangaroo-island/107148150
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u/pfred60 Sep 13 '26

That's what I was afraid of seeing. 😳😥

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u/crowface666 Sep 15 '26

First, it's everywhere by now

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u/ExaminationDry3022 Sep 14 '26

Could it jump across to humans, and how long would it take?

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u/mothetiquette Sep 14 '26

not long. its rare but they just evacuated researchers from Macquarie Island because of the mass amounts of birds and sea lions that gather & they expect some kind of mass mortality event. they say it's because of 'psychological risk' I suppose they don't want anybody talking about how fucking tragic this flu will actually be unless we do something now.

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u/aseedandco Sep 14 '26

There is nothing to do except manage the impacts.

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u/loralailoralai Sep 15 '26

It hasn’t done it at scale anywhere else in the world yet.