CALIFORNIA
There is ONE (1) lab in the state with the authority to confirm #H5N1 #BirdFlu
An exodus of most of the staff this year left only two people testing for the virus on a daily basis for a period of time.

This article is not very comforting at all.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-01/lab-workers-conducting-californias-avian-flu-testing-report-mismanagement-overwork-burnout-amid-outbreak-season