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RFK Jr. Suggests Letting Bird Flu Spread (www.usnews.com)

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A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 17 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I guess that would succeed in killing off a bunch of the elderly and infirmed, which be a huge savings to Medicare and social Security, so it's a win-win right?

/S if it wasn't implied already

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

also their largest voting base

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, they don't need to vote anymore

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

yay!

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago

That is exactly how the Nazis in charge are thinking about this. They assume they'll make it through because they're constitutionally superior, while the weak die and are no longer a burden on the Übermenschen.