by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The H5N1 bird flu is mutating fast as it jumps from mammal to mammal. According to an article in News Medical Life Sciences, written by Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D., scientists have uncovered alarming evidence of H5N1’s rapid adaptation to mammals fueled by genetic mutations.
High-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses belonging to the H5N1 subtype are a leading risk factor for future pandemics. The evolutionary barriers to mammalian adaptation of these viruses are lower than previously thought, as shown by rapid mutation accumulation in key viral proteins.