by Rhoda Wilson, Daily Expose:
The World Health Organisation (“WHO”), helped by the usual suspects, is building the narrative for another flu pandemic. This time it’s not a novel coronavirus but a novel bird flu virus.
Because of a recent spillover of bird flu to mammals, WHO has warned that while the risk to humans currently remains low, it cannot be assumed that this will remain the case. So, WHO is working with manufacturers to ensure supplies of vaccines are available.
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It is claimed that in October 2022, the avian flu virus (H5N1) was detected in a mink farm outbreak in Spain’s Galicia region:
A more detailed genetic analysis of the H5N1 virus found that it belonged to the current clade circulating in wild birds and poultry on multiple continents and is most closely related to a strain found in seabirds across Europe.
The scientists found that the H5N1 virus has an uncommon mutation that was seen only once before in a European polecat and that it could have arisen on its own in the mink.
Researchers detail H5N1 avian flu outbreak at mink farm in Spain, CIDRAP, 20 January 2023
A WHO spokesman told Politico that worldwide, four people were infected by H5N1 last year, one of whom died. Although he claimed that during a year, one person out of 8 billion had died, he moved seamlessly, without so much as a hint of irony, into a fear-mongering narrative: “Avian flu poses an ongoing threat to human health due to its potential to cause a future pandemic and therefore strong disease surveillance remains critical.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a video statement on Wednesday that cases of avian influenza in minks, otters, foxes and sea lions reported in recent weeks need to be monitored closely. “For the moment, the WHO assesses the risk to humans as low,” he said.
Four cases worldwide is not “low.” It’s negligible.
Tedros pointed to the fact that since the emergence of H5N1 in 1996 there has only been “rare and non-sustained” transmission to and between humans. “But we cannot assume that will remain the case and we must prepare for any change in the status quo.”
WHO is also working to ensure that if the worst happens, supplies of vaccines and antivirals are available. Tedros said WHO was continuing to engage with manufacturers on this issue.
You can read the transcript for the video above on WHO’s website HERE.
On the same day, 8 February, Bloomberg published an article which took a leaf out of the false climate change narrative of blaming human behaviour. Written by a social media editor for Bloomberg Opinion with the dramatic title ‘Bird Flu Got to the Minks. Are Humans Next?’, the lead sentence reads: “Growing demand for meat and dairy products raises the risk of animal viruses.” The article is behind a paywall but perhaps the writer, the title and the lead sentence tell us all we need to know – it’s a propaganda piece.
Wales is out of the starting blocks and parroting WHO
From 17 October 2022, The Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd declared an all-Wales Avian Influenza Prevention Zone which applies to the whole of Wales.
Two days before Tedros’ statement, the Welsh government updated their “biosecurity” mandates for bird flu. The risk of the HPAI virus (bird flu) increases during the winter, the Welsh Government claimed. “We have identified that migratory waterfowl and gulls are the most likely cause of HPAI incursion.”
Although we haven’t identified what changes were made to update their webpage on 6 February, the Welsh government is following the same script as WHO:
There have been multiple recent findings of HPAI H5N1 in wild birds from sites across GB. For further details see the report (updated weekly) of findings of HPAI in wild birds in Great Britain and our outbreak assessments.
If you find dead wild waterfowl (swans, geese or ducks) or other dead wild birds, such as gulls or birds of prey, you should report them to the Defra helpline: 03459 33 55 77.
Do not touch or pick up any dead or visibly sick wild birds that you find.
Avian influenza (bird flu): latest update, Welsh Government, updated 6 February 2023
And then introduced “new compulsory biosecurity and housing measures.”
Following a thorough risk assessment, additional precautionary measures have been put in place around the movement of caught up gamebirds in areas where bird flu is present. This will help reduce the risk of the disease spreading and maintain our strict biosecurity standards.
Surveillance of avian influenza suggests a heightened risk of Avian Influenza in Wales over the winter months. Therefore, from Friday 2 December, new compulsory biosecurity and housing requirements have been introduced for poultry and captive birds in Wales.
Avian influenza (bird flu): latest update, Welsh Government, updated 6 February 2023
When a government has been actively spreading covid lies for the past three years without remorse, we know they will continue to use the same tactics. Repeated slogans and words are part of those tactics. Using the word “biosecurity” is designed to instil feelings of danger, urgency and a war-like footing to justify draconian controls and possibly to set up an excuse for wanton destruction. Such words warn us to question the narrative, scratch beneath the surface and search for more truthful information.
