HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 outbreaks spread unchecked through U.S. poultry farms. Health experts warn it could lead to a new pandemic.
Yeah, but it could take several generations of chickens until “resistant” evolves into being immune enough to not lose half the flock every time.
And in the mean time since human farmers will have to be tending to the chickens in some way, there always a risk of the virus jumping to humans.
Culling should be the last resort. I get that everything rfk jr touches turns to roadkill, but this is less on the crazy spectrum than some of his other antics.
Yeah, but it could take several generations of chickens until “resistant” evolves into being immune enough to not lose half the flock every time. And in the mean time since human farmers will have to be tending to the chickens in some way, there always a risk of the virus jumping to humans.
If the options are
Culling should be the last resort. I get that everything rfk jr touches turns to roadkill, but this is less on the crazy spectrum than some of his other antics.