And we aren’t prepared for it.BY TIM NEWCOMBPUBLISHED: MAY 1, 2023SAVE ARTICLE
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- A Chinese study says that tracking the H3N2 canine influenza virus for 10 years has shown adaptions that allow the dog flu to recognize a human-like receptor.
- The virus originally spawned from the bird flu and has stabilized within canines, although there’s still no jump to humans.
- Continued adaptation in mammals could mean an eventual threat to humans.
The so-called dog flu may be moving ever closer to infecting humans, according to a new Chinesestudy.
The H3N2 avian influenza virus—highly contagious and lethal in the bird population—successfully jump to dogs around 2006. And it hasn’t gone away. Instead, according to a study published ineLifeby scientists at the China Agricultural University, it is stabilizing and adapting to better recognize human-like receptors.
“Our results showed that canines may serve…
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Exposing the Big Game 
We are not going to kill our dogs. It has not jumped species to humans and according to this lame ass article, the canine virus has stopped mutating and the punch line of the article is that it it could possibly eventually spread to humans. Nothing at all has been proven so this is all unnecessary fear mongering. So no reason to take any action.