Sulvor

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[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

AI will save the kids

 
 

https://www.nature.com/articles/438406b

This is from 2005

China claims to be well on the way towards vaccinating every domestic bird in the country against avian flu. The bold scheme — which would mean inoculating some 14 billion birds — was announced on 15 November and comes in response to outbreaks that animal-health officials say are dangerously widespread. On 16 November, China confirmed its first two human cases of bird flu, one of which was fatal.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327827/

A new strain developed in 2013 and was essentially eradicated by developing a new vaccine for the birds.

Why aren't we doing so in the US??? We have an effective vaccine!

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24155545/bird-flu-vaccines-h5n1-avian-flu-cows

However, despite seemingly having an effective vaccine in hand, as of late April, the USDA is still not pursuing bird flu vaccination as a disease control strategy. “While USDA is exploring the possibility of developing a poultry H5N1 vaccine to stock and use in an emergency, we are not moving forward with a HPAI vaccination program at this time,”

The biggest sticking point is around trade. The US exported more than $5 billion in poultry meat and products on average every year for the past three years. The USDA enters into trade agreements with each individual country it trades with, explained Upali Galketi Aratchilage, a senior economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Each agreement outlines specific biosafety and production requirements that both countries agree to follow. The USDA said, in an email to Vox, that many of those agreements do not allow bird flu vaccination.

Every single bird that is infected gives the virus another million chances to mutate into something 100x worse than COVID. And we are not doing it because of the fucking cost to GDP.

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

Haha I had never heard of that

 
[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

Eh, I think it will help more people realize the true nature of the American government, which is a good thing. People really are waking up, you can tell by how hard the media tries to portray anti-genocide as radicalism.

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I mean, just like the supreme court ruling on total presidential immunity to commit crimes as official acts, Project 2025 is already happening.

Nobody batted an eye the countless times our presidents ordered, condoned, or turned a blind eye to the murder of civilians.

In my opinion, I'm glad when the fascists take their masks off.