H5N1 Avian Bird Flu is not Human-to-Human Transmissible - Yet (12/5/24)

Some groups are reporting h2h transmission in humans is low - this is wrong (it has not been confirmed).

I have seen several sources (Wisconsin Dept. of Health, to name one) reporting that H5N1 transmission between humans is low - which is a false statement. As far as we know, it is none. There is no confirmed report of human-to-human transmission of H5N1 avian bird flu, although genetic evidence is mounting that the virus may require very few mutations (a…