Cows in the United States have avian flu; is it moving closer to humans?

The much-feared leap.
The H5N1 form of avian flu has been around since 1996, but it has primarily affected animals. However, it has already spread to cattle in America, and some believe this indicates that we are on the verge of human-to-human infection, which might have significant ramifications.

Infected cows have begun infecting each other.
H5N1 originally found in geese at wet markets in Guangdong, China. Since then, there have been several outbreaks worldwide, infecting hens and wild animals. However, as Covid ravaged the human world, H5N1 expanded rapidly, killing millions of birds, both bred and wild, and impacting seal and sea lion populations worldwide. The pathogen has also emerged in a mink farm in