How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the sluggish pace of federal action, a deference to industry, and neglect for the safety of low-wage workers put the country at risk of another health emergency.
Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.
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“Experts say they have lost faith in the government’s ability to contain the outbreak.”
Who should have been isolating sick cows from the rest of any given herd? Most of the yahoos with these sick herds welcomed the idea of their Holy Cheeto dismantling “th’ gubmint.” So whose fault is it again?
The government regulators for being captured by the yahoo ranchers and not listening to the expert virologists
"I want all of the benefits with none of the costs or inconveniences."
If it makes you feel better, the CAFOs are putting most of them out of business.
Who do you think is having unrestrained spread of disease in their herds?
I wish this was an "Animals as leaders" reference, but it refers to "concentrated animal feeding operations"...
Which I learnt because of Animals as Leaders.
I will fight Tooth and Claw to recognise it as the reference
cafos are just one step in the supply chain. they are grazed for about a year then grain finished in a cafo