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Re:H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by agilob on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:40PM (#42568063)
Back around 2007-2009 there was a risk of bird flu in central Europe. We had a local ban on washing cars except in fully automated car washes, it wasn't controversial at all. We just went along with it.
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Re:H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by vanattab on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:23PM (#42568503)
That's very different then shuting down the economy and locking people in their houses. I am not saying I think the response was unreasonable (at least initially) but many people cleary did.
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Re:H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by matthews2 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @03:22PM (#42568965)
What is the link between car washing and spreading bird flu?
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Re:H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by dist-epoch on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @03:27PM (#42569024)
Car visits a farm with infected chickens, picks up dirt with viruses on the wheels, brings it into cities.

This is one way how it spreads from farm to farm.

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Re:H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by agilob on Thursday January 02, 2025 @06:14AM (#42573513)
We have lots of trees in the area, it was said not to get close to bird poops and avoid contact with water where birds pollute.
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Re:H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by tim333 on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:11AM (#42575069)
I'm presuming birds poop on cars, spraying the cars with a hose puts droplets of it in the air.
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