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Anonymous05/11/26, 00:42No.16973930
What's the genetic mechanism in avian flu preventing human to human transmission?
If the flu evolved for it to be readily transmissible, would it still be as lethal?
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Anon05/11/26, 02:50No.16973988
The flu isn't lethal enough. You need to find a way to make a hemorrhagic disease more capable of surviving outside the host. That's where the real nightmare comes from.
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Anon05/11/26, 08:51No.16974054
Receptor glykosylation from what I remember. The avian version can still thrive in the deeper respiratory tissue but fails to bind in the upper respiratory tract of certain mammals.
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Anon05/11/26, 09:34No.16974063
Birds have a very different respiratory system from mammals.
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Anon05/12/26, 23:47No.16975203
"The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70–90% bone."
