Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a different highly contagious strain was found on an egg farm.

The H5N1 strain of avian flu has swept the globe in recent years, killing billions of farmed and wild birds and spreading to tens of mammal species.

Health authorities in Australia’s southeastern state of Victoria said contact tracing had not identified any further cases and there was a very low chance of others becoming infected as the flu does not easily spread between people.

“This is the first confirmed human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Australia,” Dr Claire Looker, the state’s chief health officer, said in a statement.

  • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    That’s the thing, you won’t be comfortable.

    You’ll get sick at your office desk then suffer miserably in your own bed or, god forbid, in a hospital bed. And you’ll have all the karma coming to you for wishing that fate on potentially millions of other people, if you believe in that sort of thing.

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      5 months ago

      Well, I hope when I die, it will be at home and not at my desk job.

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      Karma is really only concerned with actions and reactions. If just wishing was enough, the world would be a much better place.

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        5 months ago

        Individual karma can be brought on by thoughts, although that’s as far as I’m willing to take this conversation because I don’t believe in it.

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          You flex on people with beliefs you don’t yourself hold? Alright man catch you later

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            5 months ago

            Flex? You think this is flexing??

            Here, how about this - you’re a douchebag for wishing for a pandemic that will undoubtedly kill hundreds of thousands if not millions.

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              Well, I would be.

              Don’t say you don’t believe in karma after using it to chide others. I actually do believe in it.

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                I was being nice, I’m no longer being nice.

                Wishing for a pandemic makes you a bad person. Attach whatever worthless superstitions you want to it, I don’t care.