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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 27 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 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 3 points 16 hours ago

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

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago

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

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 6 points 15 hours ago

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

[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 14 points 19 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

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 4 points 15 hours 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.

[-] froh42@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

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

US: Last Pandemic? Wait, hold my pisswater.

[-] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago

You go first Mr RFK Jr

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day 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 10 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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

[-] sirdorius@programming.dev 69 points 1 day ago
[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 60 points 1 day 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 13 points 1 day 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 3 points 18 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 1 day 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 8 points 1 day 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...

[-] canajac@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 day 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 1 day 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.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

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

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 13 points 1 day ago

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

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 1 day ago

I would totally bet on this prediction happening. Easy winnings.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

new pandemic is already started, look at current measles

[-] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Still epidemic, and I'm pretty sure it won't become pandemic because developed countries and developing countries (where do I even place the USA now) trust in vaccinations

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

eh, pandemic, epidemic, what's the difference?

I know there's actually a difference and the difference does matter, but I don't know what the difference is and I use the two words interchangeably. My point was that shit's fucked.

[-] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago

Epidemic is restricted to an area

[-] ploot 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We're going to have at least two pandemics at the same time, and the USA will have no government left to deal with it, just a few kooks and Nazis with their theories of eugenics, random vitamins, bleach, horse dewormers and survival of the most racially superior.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

enough people are still immune, i suspect chickenpox will make a big comeback, since the vaccine also doesnt entirely protect against it either, there have been people getting shingles while vaccinated later in life, so they got reinfected at some point. chickenpox is also pretty severe in adults, in men it can cause orchitis.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 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.”

[-] eddanja@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago

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

[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 day ago

This was the worms' plan all along: finally revenge on the chickens.

[-] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

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

[-] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago

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

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day 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 27 points 1 day ago

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

[-] radix@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Global Pandemic 2: Bird Flu Boogaloo

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[-] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 22 points 1 day ago

That was the whole play with COVID. Not much changes in 5 years it seems.

[-] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day 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 1 day 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.

[-] jve@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

'Murica, I swear you guys really need a slapping.

[-] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Please invade us. We need help

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago

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

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Genius.

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

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What's the worst that could happen?

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago

COVID 2: DIE HARDER

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