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RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry (www.livescience.com)
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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it's less that they evolve and more that we just select the already resistant chickens.

[–] Earthling105b@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it could take several generations of chickens until “resistant” evolves into being immune enough to not lose half the flock every time. And in the mean time since human farmers will have to be tending to the chickens in some way, there always a risk of the virus jumping to humans.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

If the options are

  • culling
  • vaccination
  • breeding resistance

Culling should be the last resort. I get that everything rfk jr touches turns to roadkill, but this is less on the crazy spectrum than some of his other antics.