The last duck farm on New York's Long Island must kill its entire flock of almost 100,000 ducks and may go out of business, its owner said, because of an outbreak of bird flu.
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Oh is that what I did? I thought I pointed out his ineptitude at handling problems which face the country. Didn't think I said he cooked it in a lab. Sounds like you just didn't understand. Thanks for helping me clarify for other easily confused folks.
His inaction will keep egg prices higher for longer, but he will find someone to blame. Im going to guess Brian Kemp since Georgia has such a large poultry industry and I'm sure Trump is itching to end his career.
I love birds, but will be actively be discouraging them from hanging out in my yard. I don’t need my dogs getting bird flu or any of the neighbors. 2/2
If you all don’t think the wild bird population is also infected, you’re delusional. I’ve already disposed of my feeders, my bird bath is stored in the garage, I may turn it into a planter or break it up to use for drainage in pots. 1/2
Ask Donald.
There's no bird flu and it's from China. It's not dangerous. It's a deliberate attack from China. It will go away quickly, if it wasn't for the Democrats. It's not harmful. Donald will save millions of lives by offering people bleach to drink. Just send your money to him.
We know Bird Flu spreads among humans. This is like closing the barn doors after the cows got loose. Culling the ducks will only spread the disease via workers who hadn't taken precautions before the virus was found. Workers will now go to another farm. Dairy, Chicken, whatever.
Listen. These birds are being bred for eating. They live a shitty live, until they get butchered.
There are in fact a good reason to be sad about stories like this one, but it's NOT that they are gonna die a little before planed, ffs people in the comment section..
Going to put this out there in case “just kill all the birds” really takes off here. First though, no one should have that many ducks, and they aren’t meant to be living in close quarters like that. We are causing this. Second, when you just kill them all, you prevent the birds that might have…
Immunity from surviving and passing that immunity on, thereby protecting future generations of birds. This is why there are almost no American Chestnuts left. People destroyed them to try to get rid of the blight.
Thanks to the new administration there will be no communication from health authorities on this. Maybe later the pres will recommend drinking bleach and some secretary will sell you supplements.
Well, hell, this doesn't sound good at all. Trump has shown the world he can't handle a pandemic. He should be tried for crimes against humanity for his denials, cover up and handling of covid.
Uh-huh. And now Trump has halted all communications from the FDA and CDC, so nobody will have the latest news on it. Write about THAT. American citizens fund these agencies, which were established to protect us.
As more independent inspectors, regulators and those charged with keep your food safe are fired to save money you soon will be paying more and more for fowl and eggs from farms that are free of disease. Was it worth it to stay home that day? To vote for "groceries"?
It has already jumped species. Cows, dogs, cats, humans. It's just a matter of time before it becomes an all-out pandemic that Trump's govt will do nothing to stop.
Covid 2.0 Same President. Same attitude toward CDC and WHO. Does everyone have thier 2025 Apocalypse Bingo Cards ready for a repeat of 2016-2020? Hey New York got your Refer Trailers ready for being mobile morgs?
This is horrifying - How about if NYT starts a pandemic reporting section to keep
all of us up to date. Since Trump has shut down the NIH and CDC we are on our own!
Factory farming of course will lead to the death of these animals who are living in hell anyway. This is big ag, "modern "farming". Poor things, it will be a mercy to them anyway.
Just saying, if you’re going to leave a comment about how terrible this is and still not go vegan, it’s kinda your fault 100,000 ducks were going to be slaughtered anyway.
The awful way we treat and mass murder animals - our innocent and powerless brothers and sisters - is beyond comprehension, horrible and will ultimately lead to our downfall.
Pulling out of the WHO
Pulling out of Paris Climate Accord
FDA/CDC ordered to go silent
It is not just the birds
They want ALL the peasants DEAD.
The UBER WEALTHY ARE EVIL
They have not a modicum of empathy or compassion.
Poison air, water, & food.
Death to the peasants!
#EndTheScourge #EatTheRich
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It's cute and amusing to see your kind suffer from copium.
Entertain me creature.
There's no bird flu and it's from China. It's not dangerous. It's a deliberate attack from China. It will go away quickly, if it wasn't for the Democrats. It's not harmful. Donald will save millions of lives by offering people bleach to drink. Just send your money to him.
I love animals more than myself so
You KNOW they didn’t even try ivermectin
#govegan
There are in fact a good reason to be sad about stories like this one, but it's NOT that they are gonna die a little before planed, ffs people in the comment section..
Wow! What can't the Orange Messiah do?
No empathy for your 2024 choices.
Sometimes it’s necessary for the greater good.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Danish_mink_cull
Sadly, when it gets to humans this will likely be the same solution. This is how we roll in 2025
all of us up to date. Since Trump has shut down the NIH and CDC we are on our own!
#trumplies
https://northforker.com/2021/03/the-last-of-the-duck-farms-is-doing-fine/
First the internet bubble then the real estate bubble.
The commodity bubble. Keep an eye out for it.
Pulling out of Paris Climate Accord
FDA/CDC ordered to go silent
It is not just the birds
They want ALL the peasants DEAD.
The UBER WEALTHY ARE EVIL
They have not a modicum of empathy or compassion.
Poison air, water, & food.
Death to the peasants!
#EndTheScourge #EatTheRich
It still exists after Trump cancelled all the contagious diseases report, meeting, scientific research???
100,000 ducks will be slaughtered anyway. It’s obscene.
Trump leaves office during a mishandled pandemic and looks like he’ll be coming back at the beginning of another.