USDA defines a case by positive test, not illness; unchanged in 2 years. CDC will update its info but currently shares case confirmation methods only with CSTE.
Bird Flu cases jumped from 16 to 31 in past few days--but CDC refuses to tell us how it defines a case. Is CDC a public health agency or a collection of spin doctors? And as it did during COVID, CDC hides behind the skirts of its sister organization, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:10:49 GMT https://merylnass.substack.com/p/bird-flu-cases-jumped-from-16-to The USDA definition of a probable or confirmed case does not require any illness in an animal, just a positive test, and apparently has not changed in 2 years. While CDC says it will continue to update its page. But for the moment, the way it confirms a case is a secret shared only with the CSTE.