H5N2 – Government Workers In HazMat Suits Show Up At Farms To Kill Thousands Of Birds

H5N2 bird flu has reportedly left hundreds of farm workers exposed to a “highly pathogenic strain” of the virus. The agricultural workers have been given an anti-viral medication as a “preventative” measure over the past few days, according to United States public health officials.

To H5N2 strain has swept through the Midwest infecting 7.3 million chickens and turkeys on some of the largest poultry farms in the country. Bird flu, like other flu viruses, are “highly mutable” and could caused farm workers in “direct contact” with the avian flu infected birds, to also become ill.

Exactly how severe an H5N2 infection could be in a human being, remains unknown. Click here to read more about the H5N2 bird flu response by the federal government.