Carl T. BergstromApr 25, 2024

By now many of you are probably well aware of the H5N1 "bird flu" epidemic sweeping through US dairy cattle.

How on earth are we not deploying wastewater testing?

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opinion/bird-flu-cow-outbreak.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE0.54h4.DdDyUUQIVGKi&smid=url-share

Opinion | We Are Blowing the Fight to Contain Bird Flu

“There’s a fine line between one person and 10 people with H5N1.”

The New York Times
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@ct_bergstrom Why haven’t we prohibited the use of chicken wastes as animal feed? Haven’t we had plenty of opportunities to learn this lesson with #Trichinosis, #Scrapie, and #MadCowDisease?
Apr 25, 2024 at 5:15amWeb
Show threadCarl T. BergstromApr 25, 2024
@skip_lacaze yeah. It’s utterly bonkers.