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Clayton Weingartner
8:11 - 8:24
"That's what we're really trying to build the system around, is an early detection tool for measles. Then also for a certain subtype of influenza A, H5N1, also known as avian influenza, or you probably have heard it called bird flu."
“That's what we're really trying to build the system around, is an early detection tool for measles. Then also for a certain subtype of influenza A, H5N1, also known as avian influenza, or you probably have heard it called bird flu.”
- Speaker
- Clayton Weingartner
- Timestamp
- 8:11 – 8:24
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
- Captured at
- June 17, 2026
From the transcript
That's what we're really trying to build the system around, is an early detection tool for measles. Then also for a certain subtype of influenza A, H5N1, also known as avian influenza, or you probably have heard it called bird flu.
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