Bird Flu 2024 Reddit. Signs of h5n1 bird flu virus have been detected at three wastewater sites in the san francisco bay area, according to sampling data. Bird flu does not readily transfer to people unless you’re living with infected.

The cases stem from a global outbreak of h5n1, a particular strain of bird flu that took off in 2020 and has hit poultry and dairy farms in the u.s. A major outbreak of a new strain of bird flu — formally named influenza a virus subtype h5n1 — has since killed millions of wild birds and infected poultry, dairy.