Does coronavirus affect chickens!?!?

[aroostercalledBrownie]

Bluecomb is also a coronavirus. It primarily affects turkeys but also can infect chickens.

Thanks

 

[aroostercalledBrownie]

Don't be scared.
They found a dog in China that tested positive for it but no evidence it was actually affected by it.
There was some speculation that a human contracted it from a pangolin at an Asian market in China.
You are in Georgia, the possibility of you contracting it is near zero and your chickens is are at an absolute zero.
The chances of a problem for you may change once test kits become available eventually that will finally tell us how many cases there are here.
It is crazy to me that the US hasn't been able to test more than a few hundred people while Australia tests 10,000 people a day.
You can't be tested in the US unless you have come from one of the affected areas and also have symptoms indicating you have been infected.

I am not in Georgia, I am in Albany NY (sorry for the misunderstanding) the virus has just reached here so I was worried. The schools have started to close down and I wonder if it is actually that bad.

 

[TillyPeeps]

I am not in Georgia, I am in Albany NY (sorry for the misunderstanding) the virus has just reached here so I was worried. The schools have started to close down and I wonder if it is actually that bad.

It depends on your age and overall heath. If you are young and no other heath issue, it most likely just like a very bad flu. But it’s extremely fatal for older or sick people. It also depends on if there’s enough medical resources. It seems like about 20% people will need to be hospitalized for oxygen or other support. Without medical treatment, the death rate can be over 10%. With enough medical resources, it seems between 1%~2%. The average is 3.4% according to WHO. Btw, the death rate of normal flu is about 0.1%. Flu is also caused by Coronavirus, but a different type.

 

[TillyPeeps]

And there’s no evidence show bird will get this Disease.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

It depends on your age and overall heath. If you are young and no other heath issue, it most likely just like a very bad flu. But it’s extremely fatal for older or sick people. It also depends on if there’s enough medical resources. It seems like about 20% people will need to be hospitalized for oxygen or other support. Without medical treatment, the death rate can be over 10%. With enough medical resources, it seems between 1%~2%. The average is 3.4% according to WHO. Btw, the death rate of normal flu is about 0.1%. Flu is also caused by Coronavirus, but a different type.

It is also important to note that it is the complications caused by the flu and the common cold that lead to pneumonia which leads to death. Maybe we need a vaccine for pneumonia instead

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

It is also important to note that it is the complications caused by the flu and the common cold that lead to pneumonia which leads to death. Maybe we need a vaccine for pneumonia instead

There are vaccines for pneumonia. There are different types of pneumonia. If someone has developed pneumonia, their medical professionals usually recommend getting the vaccine. I've had more than one bout of pneumonia. I got the shots every 6 years then got the lifetime shot a few years ago. Since I'm old and have asthma and other health issues, I am a little concerned about the corona virus, as well as the flu. Young, healthy people should not be too alarmed. Practice good hygiene, eat healthy (not junk food), and get enough sleep and you should be fine.

 

[Eggcessive]

There is the pneumovax and Prevnar 13 vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia, a bacterial type of pneumonia. But I don’t think there is a vaccine for viral pneumonia or other types of bacterial pneumonia. Many types of viral inluenza can cause pneumonia.

I just watched a great documentary on Spanish Influenza on PBS streaming yesterday, and it is very interesting. It is about the 1918 influenza pandemic that infected 500 million people all over the world, when many people did not know what is was or how it was spread.

This is a link to watch the tv documentary:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/#part01
Here is an article about it for other nerdy people to read if you cannot see the documentary:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

 

[Sue Gremlin]

The common cold is also a coronavirus. Btw amazon is trying to come up with a vaccine for the common cold. This is nothing short of a marketing stunt. We are all being played like pawns.

Can you clarify? Do you think this outbreak is being manufactured?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

There is the pneumovax and Prevnar 13 vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia, a bacterial type of pneumonia. But I don’t think there is a vaccine for viral pneumonia or other types of bacterial pneumonia. Many types of viral inluenza can cause pneumonia.

I just watched a great documentary on Spanish Influenza on PBS streaming yesterday, and it is very interesting. It is about the 1918 influenza pandemic that infected 500 million people all over the world, when many people did not know what is was or how it was spread.

This is a link to watch the tv documentary:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/#part01
Here is an article about it for other nerdy people to read if you cannot see the documentary:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

And it didn't start in Spain.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

There is the pneumovax and Prevnar 13 vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia, a bacterial type of pneumonia. But I don’t think there is a vaccine for viral pneumonia or other types of bacterial pneumonia. Many types of viral inluenza can cause pneumonia.

I just watched a great documentary on Spanish Influenza on PBS streaming yesterday, and it is very interesting. It is about the 1918 influenza pandemic that infected 500 million people all over the world, when many people did not know what is was or how it was spread.

This is a link to watch the tv documentary:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/#part01
Here is an article about it for other nerdy people to read if you cannot see the documentary:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

I’m not sure what vaccines they gave me. I go to the VA hospital in Boston. They gave me a pneumonia vaccine a few years ago and told me that it was the lifetime shot and I won’t need anymore. Then I did get another shot a year later and was told this was a different pneumonia shot. Oh well. I did develop a mild case of pneumonia two years ago. Like the flu shot you can still get sick, however it’s less severe.