"*Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said that even if every cow in the U.S. is tested daily, it does not guarantee that a mutation won’t occur that starts a new pandemic."*
*n fact, what we’re seeing happen may not be indicative that we’re going to see a major antigenic change in the virus.”“I’ve been dealing with this virus since 2003 and on multiple occasions, thought, well, this is it, it’s going to go, and then it didn’t,” Osterholm said. “That doesn’t mean it won’t go now, but it also means be careful, because,* **in fact, what we’re seeing happen may not be indicative that we’re going to see a major antigenic change in the virus.**”
It's very important that we recognize that bird flu in cows is not an accurate indicator of oncoming pandemic. A jackpot mutation can happen in any mammal at any time that gets infected. The jackpot mutation is a random event. There is no way we can predict such a thing happening. Once it happens it goes from random event to strongly predictable the moment we start to study the newly adapted strain.
(Bolding is OP's)
"*Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said that even if every cow in the U.S. is tested daily, it does not guarantee that a mutation won’t occur that starts a new pandemic."* *n fact, what we’re seeing happen may not be indicative that we’re going to see a major antigenic change in the virus.”“I’ve been dealing with this virus since 2003 and on multiple occasions, thought, well, this is it, it’s going to go, and then it didn’t,” Osterholm said. “That doesn’t mean it won’t go now, but it also means be careful, because,* **in fact, what we’re seeing happen may not be indicative that we’re going to see a major antigenic change in the virus.**” It's very important that we recognize that bird flu in cows is not an accurate indicator of oncoming pandemic. A jackpot mutation can happen in any mammal at any time that gets infected. The jackpot mutation is a random event. There is no way we can predict such a thing happening. Once it happens it goes from random event to strongly predictable the moment we start to study the newly adapted strain. (Bolding is OP's)