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III. Approval of Minutes of January 19, 2023 Board of Health Meeting
IV. Old Business and Information Reports
1. Jefferson Healthcare Report (Dr. Kees Kolff) (5 mins.)
2. Jefferson County Public Health Report (Apple Martine) (10 mins.)
3. Infectious Diseases Update (Dr. Allison Berry) (15 mins.)
V. New Business
1. Annual Update for Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (WIC) (Karen Obermeyer) (15 mins.)
2. [Possible action] Climate Change – Adoption of Wildfire Policy (Michael Dawson) (10 mins.)
3. Report of Subcommittee for Onboarding New Board Members (Greg Brotherton) (10 mins.)
4. Avian Influenza, an introduction (Allison Berry) (15 mins.)
5. Planning topics for the year ahead (10 mins.)
VI. Future Potential Agenda Topics:
Climate change – every month
Healthcare System Capacity
CHIP / CHA
VII. Announcements
ADJOURNMENT BY: 4:30 p.m. Next Scheduled Meeting: March 16, 2023 2:30 – 4:30 PM Jefferson County Public Health Hybrid Meeting
Avian Influenza:
A brief primer
Allison Berry, MD MPH
Health Officer for Clallam and Jefferson Counties
What is Avian Influenza
•Subtype of Influenza A
Virus -H(5) or H(7)
•Naturally occurring in wild
aquatic birds
•Intermittent outbreaks
among domestic birds
(last 2017)
•High and low
pathogenicity forms
•First known human case
1996
Current Outbreak:
Jefferson County
Wild Birds Backyard Flocks Human Contacts Positive Humans
6 2 4 0
Why We Get Concerned:
What Makes a Pandemic
What Makes a Pandemic
Public Health Response
•Education and prevention of infection
•Testing and tracking infected birds
•Depopulation of infected flocks
•Sequencing viral samples
•Monitoring for additional mammal
exposures/transmissions
•Contact tracing and monitoring
exposed humans
•Testing humans exposed who
develop symptoms
•Treatment of positive cases
•Vaccination
Protecting Your Flock:
•Limit contact with
migratory birds & water
sources
•Limit traffic between
poultry operations
•Practice good biosecurity
–wash hands, clean boots
between properties
•Be mindful of new poultry
introductions
Protecting Your Family:
What to do if you find a
sick bird:
•If you need to interact with the animal, wear proper PPE:
•Mask (N95)
•Gloves
•Goggles
•Report it:
•Multiple dead domestic birds, call WSDA's Sick Bird Hotline:
1-800-606-3056.
•Wild Birds: use the WDFW’s online reporting tool
Questions?
References
•CDC. Avian Flu Situation Summary. Accessed 2/14/23. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-flu-
summary.htm
•SE Hensley et al. Hemagglutinin receptor binding avidity drives influenza A virus antigenic drift.
Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1178258 (2009). https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-
releases/niaid-scientists-propose-new-explanation-flu-virus-antigenic-drift
•Kreuder Johnson, C., Hitchens, P., Smiley Evans, T.et al.Spillover and pandemic properties of
zoonotic viruses with high host plasticity.Sci Rep 5, 14830 (2015).
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14830.
•King, Anna, Oregon Public Broadcasting. More than a million chickens in Franklin County, WA have
bird flu. December 6, 2022.https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/16/franklin-county-
washington-bird-flu-avian-influenza-chickens/
•USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Defend the Flock Program.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-
information/avian/defend-the-flock-program/defend-the-flock-program
•WSDA Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 2022. https://agr.wa.gov/departments/animals-livestock-
and-pets/avian-health/avian-influenza/bird-flu-2022
•WDFW Avian Influenza.https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/diseases/bird-flu