Meetup: What You Need to Know About Avian Flu

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza(H5N1) has swept the globe, killing millions of birds in factory farms, decimating sanctuaries and backyard flocks, and infecting over 500 species of wild birds on 5 continents. Now, as the virus rapidly evolves to infect mammals, it is ravaging cows in dairy farms across the US, and has just led to its first death in the United States. This presentation will cover the history of avian flus and H5N1, the risks to humans and other animals, and the shocking reality of how the factory farming industry incubates and spreads these diseases while slowing and impeding public health response.