Tom Skinner Quotes
There was one in Texas and I think three or four in Mississippi that were confirmed by state and local health officials and reported to CDC. 
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There's no evidence it's efficiently transmitted from person to person, nor is it being sustained in the human population when it comes to person to person transmission. An overwhelming majority have gotten this from handling sick or dying birds.
- Tom Skinner
What happens is the cases that we are talking about here have involved elderly people or people with compromised immune systems who come into contact with this water. It can enter the body through a cut or scratch or some kind of abrasion and if it is not treated with antibiotics it can lead to bloodstream or other kinds of infections.
- Tom Skinner