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Re:US detects H5N1 bird flu in swine for the first time by Sunspark on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @03:37PM (#41999292)
Yes, t-cell depletion which has resulted in a rise in the rates of other diseases showing up that were lower or under control before.

The UK government publishes data with counts of various things that you can make graphs from.

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Re:US detects H5N1 bird flu in swine for the first time by squidgedcricket on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @09:50PM (#42002629)
Could that T cell depletion have been caused by isolation and masking during the pandemic rather than covid directly?
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Re:US detects H5N1 bird flu in swine for the first time by 0dayz on Thursday October 31, 2024 @04:24AM (#42004556)
In what way would this hypothesis make sense?
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Re:US detects H5N1 bird flu in swine for the first time by squidgedcricket on Thursday October 31, 2024 @09:29PM (#42013223)
Decreased exposure to pathogens
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Re:US detects H5N1 bird flu in swine for the first time by 0dayz on Friday November 01, 2024 @04:28AM (#42015015)
While in a way true, I highly doubt it would be that significant unless there are studies showing that.
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