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A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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[-] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Let's not use the word "controversial" when "nobody with any qualifications would ever fucking agree with this" is more accurate. Controversial suggests a lack of consensus.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I think just saying dumb shit to cause drama and distract from other shit they're doing

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

The Secretary of HEALTH recommends letting a pandemic spread. Think about that for a second.

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago

I am reminded of the quote "some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make".

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

stand with rfk. americans voted trump twice into office and shows now sign of stopping their brain rott. bird flu is best that can happen. last time the facist leader was in office we had corona globally - lets just hope for a very localised (to the USA) bird flu outbreak to help the imbeciles remember 2020.

[-] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

You go first Mr RFK Jr

[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

Who would have known. The russian mafia puppet government that's doing it's best impression of the New world order stereotype.. is suggesting a population cull

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

“The way we raise birds now, there’s not a lot of genetic variability,” Hansen said. “They’re all the same bird, basically.”

[-] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

What is the stance of the department of agriculture on the bird flu?

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Guess we'll have to force anyone returning from the US to stay in quarantine.

[-] froh42@lemmy.world 24 points 11 hours ago

BND: There's a high probability that the last pandemic was caused by negligence in China.

US: Last Pandemic? Wait, hold my pisswater.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago

I remember when people laughed at the concept of the immune system being like a muscle, that needs frequent excercise, and with same excercise it could be built back.

Good times.

Nowadays I wonder when will people shoot each other with increasingly higher caliber bullets to build up immunity to bullets.

[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

I eat one credit card a day to build immunity to capitalism

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 11 hours ago

I don't think he knows about second pandemic, Pip.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 16 points 13 hours ago

He can go first. Go ahead Bobby, show us how easy it is.

[-] canajac@lemmy.ca 33 points 16 hours ago

What a fucking disgrace he is to the Kennedy legacy. I hope he gets swallowed by a whale or gets eaten by a bear or a worm eating his brain.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 13 hours ago

his own family more or less disowned a while ago, and also hes not all there because the way he speaks is like someone got a stroke, he was a known heroin addict.

[-] sirdorius@programming.dev 67 points 19 hours ago
[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 58 points 18 hours ago

If bird flu is such a minor issue, I say we inject it into Donald Trump, JD Vance, RFK Jr., and Elon Musk. Demonstrate how safe it is. Do it. Come on. DO IT YOU WUSSES.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 13 hours ago

why inject, since you can spread bird flu by coughing in the same room as them. Trump also is a well known germaphobe too, considered trump and his dad both bullied thier brother into suicide and alcoholism.

[-] adj16@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I’m pretty sure bird flu currently cannot be spread person-to-person and that’s why it’s only a notable concern rather than a pandemic 2.0 level threat

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Yes. Tell them we need their ubermensch genetics to base a cure on. Tell them they'll be rich for it.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

Interestingly, my understanding of the way in which flu vaccine was (in part) produced involved injecting blood infected with a the flu into developing chicken embryos (eggs), allowing them to develop the flu, and several probably very complicated steps later, you've got flu virus particles for a vaccine.

Any ways...

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 41 points 19 hours ago

Hahahahahaha jesus tapdancing christ this timeline is fucking wild. He is going to create the conditions for the next pandemic. It’s gonna start here. I’m calling it now.

[-] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

I baught a shit ton of N95's a month ago... I figured this was going to happen

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[-] jve@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

Isn’t he worried one of his falcons will catch it?

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

probably gave himself worms from the carcasses he ate.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

They're wearing masks.

[-] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 18 hours ago

I guess that would succeed in killing off a bunch of the elderly and infirmed, which be a huge savings to Medicare and social Security, so it's a win-win right?

/S if it wasn't implied already

[-] ploot 5 points 16 hours ago

That is exactly how the Nazis in charge are thinking about this. They assume they'll make it through because they're constitutionally superior, while the weak die and are no longer a burden on the Übermenschen.

[-] eddanja@lemmy.world 52 points 23 hours ago

That's not RFK Jr. talking. He died long ago. His body is being controlled by the worms.

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[-] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 48 points 23 hours ago

So “do nothing” is his answer to bird flu and measles?

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 45 points 23 hours ago

Everyone who survives will be immune.

That's the whole logic. It was awful enough with Covid's 1% mortality. Measles only kills about 0.1%. Bird flu kills 90-100% of infected birds and 50% of infected humans. And there's plenty of lasting/permanent deficits short of literal death. They're psychopaths.

[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 22 hours ago

Oh cool, so this world ensure it spreads to humans. Would could go wrong?

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[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 16 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, of we could just stop importing food from the USA, that would be greaaaaat

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 9 points 18 hours ago

Anyone have the quotes handy on how they want to destroy the country and rebuild as feudal kingdoms?

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago

I don't think he knows about second pandemic, Pip.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

Genius.

That’s just about got the whole zeitgeist sewn up.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Well, there it is. Life will... find a way.

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