For #H5N1 , we must remember that we will only find infections where we look for them. If we test only symptomatic herds or farms with dead animals, we miss important opportunities to prevent spread among animals and to farmworkers. aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/…
@JenniferNuzzo The USDA has over 100,000 employees. That's a lot of "we" going on. The genome sequences took months to publish.
@JenniferNuzzo Worse - it’s a call for voluntary testing, one time, and a total of 20 samples from the herd are covered - 10 selected as healthy, 10 selected as “seem sick” Been tracking here w @BIOISAC - isac.bio/post/update-hp…
@JenniferNuzzo Guessing this testing regime is by design.
@JenniferNuzzo We must remember how great asymptomatic testing worked out for Covid….
@JenniferNuzzo And if folks think they're going to lose a buck, trust they will not elect to test.
@JenniferNuzzo @DrGJackBrown I'm convinced they have given up on disease control.