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It wouldn't be a Friday afternoon without a last minute barrage of avian flu updates. Less than an hour ago Washington State added 3 presumed positives to their list, and now California has added 3 more cases to their list (n=19).
While the CDC's list only reflects one of those 5 cases, it does have a new line item - which I've no information on - called `Jurisdiction Pending', with one case from poultry contact.
Frankly, I won't even speculate on that one.
It does appear that the `current' number is probably closer to 46, although it is generally assumed that this is a significant undercount.
Stay tuned.
