Doctor And Former Planned Parenthood President Who Said COVID-19 Unvaccinated Should Be Forced To Stay In Their Homes Presses Biden Administration For Bird Flu Vaccines

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Doctor Leana Wen, a former health commissioner of Baltimore and past president of Planned Parenthood, appeared on CBS's "Face The Nation" and expressed concerns about bird flu. Wen urged the Biden administration to make rapid testing available for bird flu and to ask the FDA to authorize an existing H5N1 vaccine. She compared this situation to past fears during COVID-19.

According to Wen, the government should learn from COVID-19 and recognize that a lack of testing does not mean the virus is not present. She noted that there is already a developed vaccine against H5N1 and mentioned that the administration has contracted to produce nearly 5 million doses. However, she criticized the government for not moving forward with FDA authorization for the vaccine.

Wen's comments during the COVID-19 pandemic were also highlighted, where she suggested that unvaccinated people should be treated similarly to intoxicated drivers and should not be allowed to leave their homes. She made statements implying that the vaccinated should not bear the consequences of others' choices not to vaccinate and noted that vaccination was associated with certain privileges in America, such as the right to travel.

Recently, concerns about bird flu have escalated, particularly in California, where Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency following reported cases in dairy cows. This declaration was due to a significant number of dairy cows testing positive for bird flu, leading to statewide monitoring.

A further investigation by the CDC confirmed the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the U. S. , where a patient had contact with infected birds. Despite this, the CDC stated that the overall risk to public health remains low. There has been no detected transmission from person to person regarding this strain of bird flu.

The outbreak is linked to a mutation of the H5N1 virus that may affect humans more readily than previous versions that primarily impacted birds. The CDC reported a connection between a severe human case in Louisiana and contact with a backyard poultry flock. There have been a total of 61 reported human cases of H5 bird flu in the United States.

Wen mentioned that mutations allowing the virus to bind better to airway receptors could make a person susceptible to both bird flu and seasonal flu simultaneously. She suggested that there might be more undiscovered H5N1 cases in the U. S. due to insufficient testing.

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