In the West, where herds of thousands of cattle are common, researchers are seeing cases rise at poultry and dairy operations. More than 50 workers have contracted the virus.
Source: Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu
fta:
“Further north and west, in the San Joaquin Valley—the heart of the state’s dairy industry—the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, has rippled through the massive herds that provide most of the country’s milk. Farmworkers have piled carcasses into black and white heaps. This week the state reported 19 new confirmed cases in cows and more than 240,000 in chickens. Another 50,000 cases were confirmed at a chicken breeding facility in Oklahoma.
Most worrying, though, is the spillover from livestock to humans. So far, 58 people in the United States have tested positive for bird flu. Fifty-six of them worked either on dairy or poultry farms where millions of birds had to be culled.”
as i’ve said elsewhere, we know how to do it; we the people will not stand for the doubling the price of milk, so we live just on the edge of disaster. no politian is going to intro legislation to go to super best practices, cause ain’t know one willing to bay more for things. like eggs.
