Breaking news from the can't-make-this-shit-up desk: The same folks who are certain that Fauci caused COVID by funding people to study bats in a Biosafety Level 4 facility now want to import 400 ostriches with the goddamn bird flu from Canada so they can live on Dr. Oz's ranch.
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And in RFK's case, he takes a bath with one.
Nobody is butchering a bunch of innocent ostriches for kicks. The situation sucks all around, but this isn't some trivial thing.
What's next, bring over some ebola monkeys.
Most people add your caveat or preempt a discussion saying similar — very reminiscent of needing to say “we all know Saddam’s a bad guy who *wants* WMD” to be allowed to enter the debate in 2002/3.
The evidence that SARS2 is natural is stronger than for 2009 H1N1.
A good one - I'm a gene jockey.
I wonder.
Ah yes I remember
Page one in my
Sophisms for Morons manual
The whole point of "it was lab engineered" or "lab released" is to blame China specifically for the pandemic (to justify Trump's racism).
That lab-leak conspiracy caused a bunch of assaults and murders of Asian-Americans.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/german-spy-agency-concluded-covid-virus-likely-leaked-lab-papers-say-2025-03-12/
Carry on
I imagine there is existing law (which neither seem to consider) that'll prevent importation of diseased or potentially infected animals.
RFK Jr. wants to import hundreds of ostriches from bird flu flock in BC Canada to live on Dr. Oz's farm in Florida.
Pretty sure we have existing laws to prevent that.
Canada ordered them euthanized.
I think the crazy will catch up with both RFK and Trump.
🕊🌿💗
Both Trump & RFK are finding out they can't just break the law.
It's all happening slower than we want, but it's happening.
I take comfort from that in these difficult times.
I hope you find bits of joy & peace scattered throughout your day! 💗
It's such a repulsive dog and pony show.
Whatever it's about, it's moronic and probably dangerous, we just know this🦠
FFS I hate this guy. Both of them.
Genius.
Because just why.
That disease won’t touch Oz but WILL infect the animals and the people working with those animals
How often do rich people go feed and muck out stalls for their exotic pets? I’d bet Oz won’t get closer than 3 feet from those birds
Jr might try to ride a diseased ostrich though🧐
2025: Oz-onotic
Maybe a nice misplaced "humane euth" tho...🤔
fatality rate for birds is 75-100% and for humans over 50%.
we could be looking at a truly man made pandemic because of these freaks. Covid is a zoonotic disease
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/zoonotic-diseases
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06043-2
vulnerable children who a measles infection would cut down. There, fixed it.
Seriously? They have to be culled.
Fucking PETA or some shit?
But also spread it to the other threatened wetland birds that already live nearby
Much better story about this:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/16/BC-Ostrich-Farm-Far-Right-Crusade/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial