Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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    18 hours ago

    Maybe, just maybe we could stop eating so many fucking chickens and eggs?

    Yes, I know that wild birds carry the virus too. But this article is specifically about vaccination on farms.

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      11 hours ago

      I mean… What’s the alternative? Cows are also somewhat effected, while being way way less efficient or healthy

      Beans are great, I’m all for reducing meat consumption

      People will become malnourished when they can’t get basic foods. They can’t just work it out… Nutrition is so much more than raw calories

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        7 hours ago

        So creating a breeding ground for a disease that could potentially kill millions of people is acceptable because plant-based proteins are too difficulty for a lot of people to figure out? Mind you I never said complete vegetarianism or veganism.

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    23 hours ago

    Egg producers may want a vaccine that can be administered in food or water so they don’t have to give shots to millions of birds.

    Hell, I don’t want to give my 9 chickens shots. Put it in treats, plz

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    1 day ago

    HAH!

    Good luck US, this means there is NO way for you to fix this problem

    I mean, we don’t want autistic chickens now, because we all know that autism is contagious as hell and spreads from chickens to humans easily, we also know that vaccines give chickens autism so yeah. Dead end, I think the US should get used to living without eggs and or chicken meat.

    There simply is no solution!

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      23 hours ago

      Probably administered through feed or water. But would be funny to see someone wearing a bandoleer of needles and running in Terminator style.

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    23 hours ago

    I’ve heard conflicting information.

    1. That a vaccine would be lifesaving and egg-saving, and it would be a great thing.
    2. With a vaccine, exporting chickens/eggs to other countries will be impossible because they won’t want to import eggs/meat potentially carrying bird flu (which wouldn’t be known because the chickens wouldn’t show symptoms). So, if food-cautious countries don’t want vaccinated products because of their potential to harbor bird flu, do I want those products? Would this increase the chance for the flu to jump between species?

    I am not knowledgeable enough to know which is the better way forward. Can anyone speak to this?

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      20 hours ago

      The benefit here would be to eradicate the virus, so that in about 6 months or so there can be confidence that there’s no issue anymore.

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          6 hours ago

          Yes, I remember reading that they’ve set up vaccination centres for wild birds. No appointments though.

          Edit: I had it backwards. It’s by appointment only, and they’ve had very low vaccination numbers despite all the bird calls.