The more it spreads the greater the risk of mutation and having already made the jump from birds to cattle and then, in two cases, to humans this has pandemic potential.
It's the jump from birds to mammals that is so worrisome.
From the US Department of Agriculture, April 4:
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Detections in Livestock
Confirmed Cases of HPAI in Domestic Livestock
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Previously:- "Bird flu may mutate to kill more than 50% of humans who catch it, as a result of 'unprecedented' outbreak sweeping mammals, experts fear"
- RISK: Don't Look Now But H5N1 Bird Flu Has Been Found To "Efficiently" Spread In Certain Mammals
- Warnings On H5N1 Influenza Seem To Be Increasing
- "Hey, Remember Those Wacky Dutch Scientists Who Weaponized Bird Flu To Kill Half The World's Population?"
- RISK: "'This could be 100 times worse than Covid': Bird flu warning from scientists who say HALF of infections with H5N1 in people are fatal - as White House says it's 'monitoring' the situation"