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Subject: Re: OT? Dairy flu
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:23:28 -0500, RonO <rokimoto557@gmail.com>
wrote:

>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-dairy-industry-must-act-f=
aster-to-keep-h5n1-bird-flu-from-starting-a/
>
>Scientific American has an opinion piece stating what I have been going=20
>on about.  For some stupid reason the USDA and CDC decided to rely on=20
>"self reporting" instead of going in and testing the herds and states=20
>that likely had infected herds.  It has just allowed the virus to spread=
=20
>to more dairy herds, and they have no idea of the extent of the=20
>infection because the CDC chose to "monitor" only a few herds in two =
states.
>
>It has been sad and the opinion piece notes that the poultry industry=20
>has suffered because of it.  When the price of poultry products start=20
>going up it is the USDA's and CDC's fault for not acting as they should=20
>have acted.  You can't keep the avian flu off a poultry farm if changing=
=20
>clothing and even showering in, as is required at some commercial=20
>breeding facilities, when the worker is infected and shedding live=20
>virus.  For a poultry farm the infected flock is depopulated (killed=20
>off) and poultry within a mile radius of the infected flock are also=20
>disposed of.  Several 2 million bird layer flocks have had to be=20
>depopulated in several states, and they were infected by the dairy=20
>cattle with a likely human intermediate.
>
>They knew from day one that dairy workers were likely taking the virus=20
>to other farms and infecting other herds, and poultry flocks, but they=20
>only "recommended" that dairy workers and their contacts not go to other=
=20
>farms if they have come into contact with infected cattle.  The kicker=20
>is that they refused to identify all the infected herds so most of the=20
>dairy workers in contact with infected cattle were not under the=20
>"recommendation".  It has been sad and should never have unfolded as it =
has.
>
>The more dairy herds that they allow to be infected, the more humans=20
>will be infected.
>
>Ron Okimoto


I wonder if the current policies you mention above aren't consequences
of a lack of funding and a lack of political support, due to
conspiracies fallout from the Covid pandemic.

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