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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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[–] lennee@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Do you want another pandemic? Because that is how you get another pandemic.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've contracted covid twice. Both were when visiting the US. And that was before this numpty was in charge. This will not go well.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any random person in the US has probably had COVID at least four times by now

[–] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I still have not gotten it. I was very conscientious about masks and social distancing and even have my vaccinations up to date just in case. But, I haven’t masked or social distanced in a long time, so now I’m just running on luck I guess.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Such a fantastic idea. This man is a genius.

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

And a stable genius at that!

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

I made a joke about this in a German community and yet here we are. Satire is dead, murdered by the imbeciles in the Trump administration.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/17051036

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is wrong with the man ?

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Well for one, a worm ate his brain.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

hes mostly worms.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

are poultry prices going up like egg prices are in the states?

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

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

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

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

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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.

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

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

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

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

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