A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, a pathogen that normally affects cattle, marking the first documented human case. Virologists say the wider risk to public health is low.
A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, a pathogen that normally affects cattle, marking the first documented human case. Virologists say the wider risk to public health is low.
Ah yes, the “wider risk is low” line, the same one we heard during every scare that fizzled. This time one person is dead and somehow that’s still supposed to be reassuring. Remember the H5N1 fears in dairy herds? Plenty of cattle infections, a few human cases, and everyone calmly saying nothing to see here. The difference is this one already has a body, so the calm tone is doing even less work than usual.