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Kinda wondering if a human avian flu outbreak should be on my 2023 bingo card 
At least a portion of the population is somewhat versed in social hygiene during pandemic times now... but if we get an outbreak and it goes like covid we might be hooped
From the article:

Three juvenile grizzly bears tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus this fall.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks say the three bears, one near Augusta, one near Dupuyer, and another near Kalispell, were observed to be in poor condition and exhibited disorientation and partial blindness, among other neurological issues. They were euthanized due to their sickness and poor condition. >

Shit, three different locations. >

The implications are disturbing. >

The article says they probably got it from eating infected birds, but still disturbing >

The problem isn't that bears can get it, it's that it's so prevalent in the wild that bears in different places have it, and humans can contract it but not spread. If enough humans get it, that changes.