How Worried Should We Be About the Latest Bird Flu Mutation?
Briefly

This mutation's emergence in a severely ill patient isn't unprecedented; similar mutations have appeared previously in patients with severe H5N1, raising questions about their role in transmissibility.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen indicated that while mutations observed in H5N1 might enable it to target human receptors, there's no evidence they increase transmission rates between humans.
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