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Farmers say bird flu a 'crisis' as egg prices soar-Farmers say they are losing the fight against bird flu as Trump officials propose vaccines for birds. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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"Egg farmers are in the fight of our lives and we are losing," he said.

Though the avian flu, or H5N1, has circulated among American poultry flocks for years, an outbreak starting in 2022 has wreaked havoc on farms, killing over 156 million birds and sending egg prices skyrocketing. The virus then got a foothold among dairy cows last year, and this month, a different strain - tied to severe infections in humans - was found in the cattle.

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[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Vaccines for birds…. But not for humans. lol

Clearly they want you dead

[–] BlackJerseyGiant@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A sick population is a peoples willing to pay for medicine. Ain't capitalism grand?

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Maybe that's the big reason.

Too many vaccines (preventative medicine) takes away the big long expensive treatment.