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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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[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

stand with rfk. americans voted trump twice into office and shows now sign of stopping their brain rott. bird flu is best that can happen. last time the facist leader was in office we had corona globally - lets just hope for a very localised (to the USA) bird flu outbreak to help the imbeciles remember 2020.

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Historically this strategy hasn't really worked out so well for the masses...

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Do you want plague chickens? Because this how you get plague chickens.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let him visit one of these farms for a good few days.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

From what I know it's mostly the trucks transporting between farms. They're not being cleaned frequently enough or well enough. Though, there is I think some cases of it being transmitted in migrating wildlife.

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

You go first Mr RFK Jr

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Well, there it is. Life will... find a way.

What is the stance of the department of agriculture on the bird flu?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

“The way we raise birds now, there’s not a lot of genetic variability,” Hansen said. “They’re all the same bird, basically.”

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