Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

  • courageousstep@lemm.ee
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    16 days ago

    I’ve heard conflicting information.

    1. That a vaccine would be lifesaving and egg-saving, and it would be a great thing.
    2. With a vaccine, exporting chickens/eggs to other countries will be impossible because they won’t want to import eggs/meat potentially carrying bird flu (which wouldn’t be known because the chickens wouldn’t show symptoms). So, if food-cautious countries don’t want vaccinated products because of their potential to harbor bird flu, do I want those products? Would this increase the chance for the flu to jump between species?

    I am not knowledgeable enough to know which is the better way forward. Can anyone speak to this?