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US news | The Guardian<p>‘Eggflation’ sending US shoppers to Mexico – where $300 fines await <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/eggflation-us-mexico-fines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/21/eggflation-us-mexico-fines</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-Mexicoborder <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birdflu</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eggs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a></p>
Nikolas Kozloff<p>Go <a href="https://federated.press/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-says-maybe-we-should-just-let-the-bird-flu-run-rampant_n_67dc3a1fe4b0ca0f703623ba" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-says</span><span class="invisible">-maybe-we-should-just-let-the-bird-flu-run-rampant_n_67dc3a1fe4b0ca0f703623ba</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/animalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalrights</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, according to three sources familiar with the situation.</p><p>The White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy was established by Congress in 2022 in response to mistakes that led to a flat-footed response to the Covid-19 pandemic."</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/health/pandemic-preparedness-office-trump-bird-flu/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/17/health/pand</span><span class="invisible">emic-preparedness-office-trump-bird-flu/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/preparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preparedness</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/InfectiousDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDisease</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
jackcole<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AkaSci</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> blames <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Eggprices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eggprices</span></a> on killing chickens. But <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chickens</span></a> w <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> do not produce eggs, infect more chickens, who then also do not produce eggs, but only keep increasing the population of infected birds that don't lay eggs while costing farmers for feed and care they can't afford w no egg sales income. The answer is to defeat bird flu, however slow that will be. Raising chickens to be infected at home doesn't work where it is prohibited (my neighborhood) or for apartment dwellers.</p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <br>Heather Cox Richardson JFK to Allow Bird Flu to Spread Contrary to Science .3/18/2025</p>
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@TomWellborn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TomWellborn</span></a></span> My local farmers market has an egg seller that most people get their eggs from. They recently hiked the price of eggs from $7/dozen to $10/dozen, but part of the reason is that they’re getting a “biosecure coop” for their birds—they figure it’s cheaper than replacing the entire flock every few months and still not being able to sell the eggs. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a></p>
@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@chemoelectric" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chemoelectric</span></a></span> ⬆️ “…letting the virus sweep through poultry flocks unchecked would be inhumane &amp; dangerous… Dr. Gail Hansen… called the idea a “recipe for disaster. Every infection is an opportunity for the virus, called H5N1, to evolve….so far, the virus hasn’t developed the ability to spread among people…if H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of five million birds, “that’s literally five million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” It mutates just like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a></p>
Ferdi Magellan<p>Just close the border to USisns already. </p><p>‘Kennedy recently suggested that instead of culling infected birds, farmers should instead allow the virus to run through flocks to identify naturally immune birds.</p><p>‘"We can identify the birds and preserve the birds that are immune to it.”</p><p>‘Though Kennedy has no direct control over farms, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has also expressed interest in testing the idea.’<br>…</p><p>‘“That’s a really terrible idea, for any one of a number of reasons”…<br>…<br>Since January 2022, bird flu has affected more than 166 million birdsacross every U.S. …</p><p>‘But if the bird flu were to run through a flock of five million birds, “that’s literally five million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate.”</p><p>‘It could also put farm workers and other animals at risk.’</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-03-19/rfk-jr-suggests-letting-bird-flu-spread" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usnews.com/news/health-news/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticles/2025-03-19/rfk-jr-suggests-letting-bird-flu-spread</span></a></p>
Chris Adams<p>We’re at the “let it rip” stage of <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/</span><span class="invisible">kennedy-bird-flu.html</span></a></p>
Hippy Steve<p>Bird flu continues spread as Trump’s pandemic experts are MIA<br>Vacancies in a key office of pandemic preparedness raise concern. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/bird-flu-continues-spread-as-trumps-pandemic-experts-are-mia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/bird-flu-continues-spread-as-trumps-pandemic-experts-are-mia/</span></a></p><p>The report on the vacancies comes amid other moves that call into question the country's ability to respond to a pandemic threat under the Trump administration. The USDA has shifted its response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak away from the health threat. For instance, in late February, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins touted a $1 billion effort to combat bird flu as a "strategy to deliver affordable eggs."</p><p>Meanwhile, health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested that poultry farmers should let the virus run rampant through flocks rather than safely cull them, which is currently required. Farmers "should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, and preserve the birds, that are immune to it," Kennedy, who has no health or science background, said during an interview on Fox News.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>46,000 birds died or killed after bird flu in Mississippi.</p><p>"...A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are raised for breeding...."</p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-19/bird-flu-developments-new-strain-discovered-and-research-on-immunity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/environment/story/</span><span class="invisible">2025-03-19/bird-flu-developments-new-strain-discovered-and-research-on-immunity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/h5n1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>h5n1</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hpai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hpai</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/h7n9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>h7n9</span></a></p>
Global News<p>Bird flu’s current spread is ‘unprecedented,’ UN agency warns<br>The ongoing spread of highly pathogenic bird flu worldwide is reaching an unprecedented scale, a United Nations agency warned Monday.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/warning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>World</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/AvianFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianFlu</span></a><br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11088372/bird-flu-outbreak-unprecedented-un-agency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11088372/bi</span><span class="invisible">rd-flu-outbreak-unprecedented-un-agency/</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“…every infection is a chance for the virus to mutate into a more virulent form, one of which could mutate so it could spread among humans. If H5N1 were permitted to infect 5 million birds, “that’s literally five million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,”…”<br>—Heather Cox Richardson, March 18, 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“…Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has proposed addressing the H5N1 bird flu…by simply letting the disease run rampant. … But veterinary scientists say that letting the virus sweep through flocks is “a really terrible idea, for any one of a number of reasons”…”<br>—Heather Cox Richardson, March 18, 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a></p>
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> <br>Great plan.<br>The entire US flock of commercial agriculture chickens allowed to be reservoir of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> virus to mutate, and the 2% that remains will.... What? Be bred to succumb to the new version of bird flu where the process is repeated?</p>
Auscandoc<p>“The <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/H7N9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H7N9</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> virus has proved to have a high death rate for humans worldwide killing 616 people, or 39%, of the 1,568 people infected worldwide since it was first detected in 2013 in China, the World Health Organisation said.”</p>
Auscandoc<p>US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017 | Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-reported-first-outbreak-h7n9-bird-flu-farm-since-2017-woah-says-2025-03-17/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/us-reported-first-outbreak-h7n9-bird-flu-farm-since-2017-woah-says-2025-03-17/</span></a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-reported-first-outbreak-h7n9-bird-flu-farm-since-2017-woah-says-2025-03-17/#::text=The%20H7N9%20bird%20flu%20virus,the%20World%20Health%20Organisation%20said" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/us-reported-first-outbreak-h7n9-bird-flu-farm-since-2017-woah-says-2025-03-17/#::text=The%20H7N9%20bird%20flu%20virus,the%20World%20Health%20Organisation%20said</span></a> “The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/H7N9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H7N9</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/birdflu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdflu</span></a> on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs.”</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>How to Protect Your Cats (and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BackyardChickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackyardChickens</span></a>) From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a></p><p>An <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> infection can be fatal for domestic animals, but there are steps you can take to minimize the risk of them catching the virus.</p><p>by Sassafras Lowry, Mar 18, 2025 12:12 PM</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/pets-and-backyard-flocks-are-at-risk-from-bird-flu-heres-how-to-protect-them/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/pets-and-backy</span><span class="invisible">ard-flocks-are-at-risk-from-bird-flu-heres-how-to-protect-them/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/u30Ja" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/u30Ja</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HPAINews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPAINews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AvianFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianFlu</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CatHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatHealth</span></a></p>
B Kahn<p>Quote borrowed from Laffy:</p><p>“ <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>. has suggested allowing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune."</p><p>=============================</p><p>...Two years later, the results are in! </p><p>Vet: "Mr RFKJr., we're down to eight birds in the continental USA. They appear to be immune to bird flu, sir!"</p><p>Bobby: "What kinds of birds?"</p><p>Vet: "A crow, two vultures, a white chicken, a non-white chicken, and three rotisserie chickens."</p><p>Bobby: "Guess we're done, then. The only one Elon will let us keep is the white chicken. All the others are banned by our DEI rules. Go ahead and send out a press release announcing that bird flu is no longer a danger in the USA."</p><p>Vet: "But Sir, it's spreading between humans!"</p><p>Bobby: "Flu that humans give to humans is human flu. I know you're a vet, but c'mon, man, pay attention!"</p><p>Vet: "What should I do with the white chicken?"</p><p>Bobby: "Leave it here. I haven't had lunch yet."</p>
Laffy<p>The sicko leading the sick. 🤦🏻‍♀️</p><p>“ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>. has suggested allowing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.”<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/</span><span class="invisible">kennedy-bird-flu.html</span></a></p>
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