“H5N1, one of the many viruses that cause bird flu, had already killed at least 24,000 South American sea lions along the continent’s coasts in less than a year. Now it had come for elephant seals. Pups of all ages, from newborns to the fully weaned, lay dead or dying at the high-tide line. Sick pups lay listless, foam oozing from their mouths and noses. Dr. Uhart called it ‘an image from hell.'” NYT (Gift Article): Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us? “H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.”

+ The Guardian: “The great concern of course is that in … infecting ducks and chickens and then increasingly mammals, that virus now evolves and develops the ability to infect humans and then critically the ability to go from human to human.” Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO.

+ Barron’s: H5N1 Strain Of Bird Flu Found In Milk.

+ New Hampshire’s GOP Is Taking a Stand—Against the Polio Vaccine.

+ I’m sharing all of this news on a very notable Covid anniversary. Four years ago today, I got the following notification from the NYT on my iPhone: “At a White House briefing, President Trump theorized—dangerously in the view of some experts—about the power of sunlight, ultraviolet light and household disinfectants to kill the coronavirus.” Even following one his craziest moments, the NYT could only bring itself to say that chugging disinfectant is viewed as dangerous by some experts…