"Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired" Emerging 4th world country in North America! www.politico.com/news/2025/02... - ThreadSky

hlniman.bsky.social • 6 days ago

"Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired"

Emerging 4th world country in North America!
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/16/trump-administration-firings-bird-flu-response-00204542

Comments

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

4th world quatifiers
Only country in world w/ conf #H5N1 in Dairy Herds
Genotype 3.13 in TX panhandle over 1 year ago
milk thick and yellow
barn cats dying or disappearing
H5N1 conf late Mar 2024
Local spread to NE NM and SW KS
No restrictions
H5N1 cows trucked to distance states
Local spread
1/2

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

4th world qualifiers
D1.1 w/ PB2 D701N intro NV Dairy
D1.1 no D701N intro AZ Dairy
Meta data delayed / withheld
WHO withdrawl
Publications delayed / censored
Science Funding / Staff Slashed
Live H5N1 raw milk sold CA
Live H5N1 turkey pet food
Live H5N1 chicken pet food
Human H5N1 hosps rising
2/2

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

4th world quatifiers
Only country in world w/ conf #H5N1 in Dairy Herds
Genotype 3.13 in TX panhandle over 1 year ago
milk thick and yellow
barn cats dying or disappearing
H5N1 conf late Mar 2024
Local spread to NE NM and SE KS
No restrictions
H5N1 cows trucked to distance states
Local spread
1/2

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kevin Hassett, Trump’s director of the national economic council...
there is not a need to kill chickens within range of a chicken that tested positive for bird flu...
because “chickens don’t really fly"

Economist playing scientist is NEVER a good thing
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-firings-bird-flu-surveillance-1235269620/

artgrl.bsky.social•6 days ago

Typical unqualified moron spouting reckless information to a nation of people that once had a federal government that knew better. That used science and math and qualified people to determine actions to be taken in the best interest of our people. What can be done?

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

On a related note

Politicians playing scientist is also NEVER a good thing

Reminds me of policians in Parlament in London in 2006 claiming that wild birds couldn't have transported H5N1 (clade 2.2) to Swans in London (from Qinghai Lake via Siberia) because
"dead birds don't fly"

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

"they participated in a meeting this morning in which it was announced that thousands of staff across the Department of Health and Human Services would be let go starting today"

flagrant disregard for...
safety and effectiveness of various lifesaving vaccines"

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/trump-science-data-gender-dei/681698/

hlniman.bsky.social•6 days ago

President Donald Trump’s administration today moved to fire 5200 workers at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), using supervisors across the vast agency to warn probationary employees that they would soon receive termination notices
https://www.science.org/content/article/wrecking-ball-rfk-jr-moves-fire-thousands-health-agency-employees

princesstoothfairy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Unemployment is going to skyrocket there

moral911.bsky.social•6 days ago

So our government is flagrantly acting against the people’s interests and threatening the safety of the people without justifiable cause, do we have the right to alter or abolish said government?

gingerloubrown.bsky.social•6 days ago

This administration is causing turmoil with our health. This administration scoffed at science.

janeleecomiskey.bsky.social•5 days ago

The mentioning of eliminating the Dept of Edu at the article’s end seems apropos. Obviously we’re in this severe decline now because we’ve not prioritized education in America.

belleweather.bsky.social•6 days ago

politicians playing scientists is a key plot point in “Jaws”

handsomegollum.bsky.social•6 days ago

I prefer a sharknado in the White House.

pkolbenschlag.bsky.social•6 days ago

So many disaster movies and distopian tales, really. Notable.

candyshoppekid.bsky.social•6 days ago

Perfect reference for faucci.

livefromnowherenow.bsky.social•5 days ago

To me personally it just reminds one that I better get in shape ASAP because Covid was an absolute disaster.

pocononatgal.bsky.social•6 days ago

I am no longer sure we have people who are supposed to be legislators knowing what their jobs are. Do the job that people elected you for. Expert advisors are the important connection.

robdetoyato.bsky.social•6 days ago

I bet soon the FDA would approve selling bird-flu infected birds for poultry meat… anything is possible in this regime.

40milesahead.bsky.social•6 days ago

Or they’ll have bird flu, they just won’t tell. Wait! I don’t want to give them any ideas. d’Oh!

elleem2025.bsky.social•6 days ago

I guarantee you, chickens do fly. When I had a flock of 30 in my backyard, we built a fence about 7 feet tall for their protection. Those stubborn girls sure fluttered up to get out! I was amazed, but there they went!

qua12.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump and his wacko followers reject sound science for ideological reasons👍

franklinchica.bsky.social•5 days ago

But why are we calling him an "economist?" I like my "economists" with a certain level of common sense and basic knowledge, and more importantly, the ability to find out shit that they know nothing about but will affect the ECONOMY. We are so screwed.

worldndspeace.bsky.social•6 days ago

WAKE UP AMERICA!!! TRUMP IS DESTROYING OUR NATION!!!!

catkins.bsky.social•5 days ago

Shite. I can’t do air travel and now I can’t eat chicken. This “new coke” administration sucks.

virgovirgo.bsky.social•5 days ago

To say nothing of another looming pandemic for the AH to mismanage

dm-author.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬 idiot decisions by the Trump administration-

3mhk.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/trump-science-data-gender-dei/681698/

cygnetgoddess.bsky.social•6 days ago

And the pandemic spreads.

paula707.bsky.social•5 days ago

Gees.

sofistikat.bsky.social•5 days ago

Is that his way of making eggs cheaper again?

merryghouled.bsky.social•6 days ago

At this point I’m convinced this administration is working to cull the heard of human capital stock.

larom4.bsky.social•6 days ago

I guess we just all sit around and wait for Trump, Musk,RFK jr and the rest of them to wait for another pandemic and then try to lie about everything

julian156.bsky.social•6 days ago

You literally can’t have a modern society without basic public health. The USA will be seeing diseases pop-up, and we will not be prepared.

scooterbdoodle.bsky.social•6 days ago

Soooo we’re about 2 weeks from giving the damn chickens Ivermectin?

vkdarkbloom.bsky.social•5 days ago

🙀🤬🙀 Unite in support of our civil servants. 💜✊💜 Our country, our employees and our tax dollars.

artgrl.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is Congress doing about Musk?

mchemar.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬

dogdad25.bsky.social•6 days ago

When Maga starts feeling this maybe they will realize what they did. No, they will recite there mantra. Joe Biden, Hillaries Emails, Barack Obama.

doctorshaw.bsky.social•6 days ago

Blinding the nation to a burgeoning potential epidemic? Is this how we built an incredible public health system, just to disable it by ignorant clowns like Trump & Musk? And leave it to RFK Jr to fix?

kovainanban.bsky.social•5 days ago

Great time for Parasites - Humans and otherwise.

remoter.bsky.social•6 days ago

In an amazing display of GOP selfishness, they have decided to let the whole world die of bird flu

worlpeaceforever.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think it’s time for countries to issue travel bans or warnings for USA

madhatteras.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s as if we’re under attack from within. Should we investigate? Maybe …CIA… FBI… Anyone…?

jonesy2653.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’ve drawn the line when it comes to Trump voters. If you voted for Trump, you voted to take away my healthcare, social security, safety, financial security, my freedoms, my peace of mind, my rights, my friendships and family members. I cannot be friends or be related to anyone who wishes me harm.

eaterra.bsky.social•6 days ago

As he creates problems everywhere,the American people are beginning to suffer the first symptoms of the next crisis.

crockwood.bsky.social•6 days ago

America is in serious trouble with Donald Trump, JD Vance, and unelected Elon Musk running the country. Many Americans losing their jobs, will lose their healthcare, and will die. Republicans DO NOT CARE.

nonubiz.bsky.social•6 days ago

The spin doctor for the 1% against the working class back to 1933 we go

natureone.bsky.social•6 days ago

Insanity. The mad king must be stopped.

pablosalsa3491.bsky.social•6 days ago

Many Republicans are not interested in Science or listening to Ph.D.s like you and me. I'm a Ph.D. in a STEM field that uses laboratory experiments to make STEM discoveries. I'm not a Zoologist.

idontgiveadem.bsky.social•5 days ago

Finally getting rid of waste in the government

flyflicker.bsky.social•6 days ago

According to the most recent government data available, as of March 2024, 220,000 government workers had less than a year on the job. Elon Musk is arranging to fire everyone with less than a year of service. It will be a bloodbath and the consequences will defy the imagination.

nonubiz.bsky.social•6 days ago

Soon there will be so many on the streets or picking veg in the fields yup America first

berekann.bsky.social•6 days ago

And, DOGE talks about efficiency & saving money - what about all the money the gov't invested in training these employees? Has that all gone to waste? Are we now going to have to hire and train others to take their place? When people get sick & the viruses spread, what will they know to do?

flyflicker.bsky.social•6 days ago

You only have to remember three things:
1. It's all Biden's fault.
2. It's the fault of Biden.
3. Biden is at fault.

smithkdum.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cheeto: "JB has d responsibility of DEALING wtfh this. You need 2 ask him. I have NOTHING 2 do with this". Sound familiar????

berekann.bsky.social•6 days ago

How could I have forgotten?🤔

20degreessouth.bsky.social•6 days ago

You left out Obama…and you should probably put Hillary Clinton in there too. To Trump they are all the same person

a-lyric.bsky.social•6 days ago

When he fired people overnight from Twitter in Ireland, one manager picked up €500k after suing the company for unfair dismissal. Just saying.

flyflicker.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm sure there will be lots of civil suits like that. But for the 220,000 who don't have a year of service yet, I wouldn't be surprised if their employment contracts are very specific and limited about severance. That's likely why they're being targeted with mass reductions.

a-lyric.bsky.social•5 days ago

220,000- wow!

berekann.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks. Didn’t know that

a2mteach.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬💙!

amamazed.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hospitals and insurance companies are going to be busy in this brave new stone age.

momus-the-great.bsky.social•6 days ago

We all gunna die.

iamabeard.bsky.social•6 days ago

Unacceptable.

davidjohnurban.bsky.social•5 days ago

This time. Sad to say. When whatever disaster befalls us. We cannot say "it wasn't Trump's fault, he can't control that." With what MAGA is doing now, it will be their fault.

sunnydays25.bsky.social•6 days ago

🥺

cassandrabelga.bsky.social•5 days ago

Looking at this from Europe, isn’t the situation the US are in the result of a failing educational system? There is no point in having an intellectual top elite if the general public, for lack of a better average proper level of education, does not allow them to bring their benefit to society

teuskat.bsky.social•5 days ago

Public education is one of the whipping boys of Republicans. TX, where I taught, refused to fund pubic education despite population growth over >25 years and a state surplus in the billions of $. Republicans just don't care and they hold the checkbook.

cassandrabelga.bsky.social•5 days ago

If you compare that with the Chinese you understand that the societal crisis the US experiences was predictable.The US is going to loose it’s technological dominance for lack of a large enough educational pool to select and breed new talent from. In China every talent is discovered and develloped.

pointnorth2c.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do they have the right to fire you? Seek legal counsel as their the DOUCHE are doing ILLEGAL things like firing people. But once you sign your name or resignation you are signing off to your own termination!
If you want your job do not sign anything!

yonderstan-emigre.bsky.social•6 days ago

Fucking Magas are a suicide cult!

robertelewis.bsky.social•6 days ago

There's only one way to eradicate this. What's the problem sky people?

donellgmab.bsky.social•6 days ago

#arrestthem

cheshiredoglady.bsky.social•5 days ago

Brit here. Darwin was right.

helloise5.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yet another example of mindless purging with no knowledge of how anything actually works. This is what happens when people who only understand exploitation imagine they have any other skills.

fraochs.bsky.social•6 days ago

They want us to die. I am not meaning to be darkly humorous, or hyperbolic. I am quite serious.

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

Too many are in the way of the billionaires desire to have tax cuts.

electrifiedmeat.bsky.social•6 days ago

Curtis Yarvin called it the "humane genocide".

fraochs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes it is quite purposeful. And how is genocide ever humane?? These people are whacked. We need to correct how we live on the planet not have people die on purpose.

worlpeaceforever.bsky.social•6 days ago

We know. I feel like we are watching a bad movie!

rdrop.bsky.social•6 days ago

As if the handling of COVID wasn’t a disaster under Trump. You would think he learned his lesson & see the importance of national laboratories.

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

he learned his lesson 😏

rdrop.bsky.social•6 days ago

Excuse you.

sirbustergoodoup.bsky.social•6 days ago

A new shithole country!

wildwolf67.bsky.social•6 days ago

Can you say pandemic?

Is it just me but I’m starting to think Trump wants to kill us all!

franklinchica.bsky.social•5 days ago

As long as he is unaffected, he won't care. Honestly, i don't think he'd care if any of his progeny succumbed.

northy62.bsky.social•6 days ago

I hate to say this but Dumbfuckistan is not a bad description of 🇺🇸 right now

pocononatgal.bsky.social•6 days ago

What's the end game?Sell everything all the systems & data to the highest bidder. Information & the systems it's contained on are the new US currency and bargaining chips whether it is the institutions, states or individual researchers. You gotta play the MAGA game to get rewards. Transactional djt.

bluesky411.bsky.social•5 days ago

𝔥𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔞 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔭𝔢𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔤𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔪𝔭 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩 𝔳𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nobopedro.bsky.social•5 days ago

Very much like COVID under Trump 1 - don’t test and you don’t have cases.

With RFKjr in the lead, verily art we f’d.

littlemissaudhd.bsky.social•6 days ago

There is a website for an organized general strike. Please sign a strike card and share like crazy. If we can get 3.5% of the population (11M people) WE STRIKE!!! And everything shuts down until we say so. Please read more about it and educate others, we MUST DO SOMETHING NOW 😭
https://generalstrikeus.com/

jrs81.bsky.social•6 days ago

It might be good to keep this handy and consider joining, sharing, liking and following!

https://bsky.app/profile/generalstrikeus.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org

https://bsky.app/profile/moveon.org

https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/standupforscience.bsky.social

https://www.movementinfrastructureproject.org/calendar

https://bsky.app/profile/shutdown315.bsky.social

littlemissaudhd.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you!! I definitely will!!

rebellex.bsky.social•6 days ago

When is the strike happening? Feb 28th?

littlemissaudhd.bsky.social•6 days ago

There is A strike on Feb 28th, yes but this one is much much bigger and it won’t be triggered until we reach the goal of 11 million people. At that point, we will have enough backing and momentum to actually shut shit down and make a statement 💯💯💯 please do read more about it in the link and sign 🫶🏽

candyshoppekid.bsky.social•6 days ago

Have fun with that. But the only important statement was made back in November.

littlemissaudhd.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well I refuse to sit back and just watch the fireworks. Silence and complacency only help the oppressor. Choosing a side and fighting back is the only chance we have.

willmatthews12.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump is a pro at exacerbating pandemic. Just look at covid.

paulburnswriter.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump and Muskrat wants Americans to die

mochicats.bsky.social•6 days ago

📌

blaube.bsky.social•6 days ago

The bird flu is going to expand rapidly. As well, the measles or mumps or any of the diseases. That is why we have a national health service; to protect us as a nation from communicable diseases.

wildplumbay.bsky.social•6 days ago

Alas, the rest of the world now thinks the US will collapse from within. Save yourself.

jensedillo.bsky.social•6 days ago

We do too. Please tell your leaders to stay strong. The American people fully support Canada and Canadians.

grumpy0ldman.bsky.social•6 days ago

Lol, he doesn't want another health crisis. In his mind it's better to fire those detecting diseases or informing people.

suomikim.bsky.social•6 days ago

Peter Thiel's goal is Elbonia

wolfpack11720.bsky.social•6 days ago

Are they trying to kill us all??

loopsydo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Soon Americans will need to quarantine for 14 days when entering other countries….😵‍💫

abstractvelocities.bsky.social•6 days ago

If they’re welcome in other countries. He’s alienating them all.

thecentralvoid.bsky.social•6 days ago

The orange man is dismantling the government before our eyes ... not that anyone is surprised right ...

moral911.bsky.social•6 days ago

Surprised that no one seems to be able to do anything about it.

beths-garden.bsky.social•6 days ago

Omg

ab621.bsky.social•6 days ago

Apparently Make America Great Again means taking us back to a time when women were property, black and brown people could not be citizens and you could die from what is now a perfectly preventable disease.

instafritando.bsky.social•6 days ago

Which will lead to foreign travel bans from the USA. We are now patient Zero for the next global pandemic. #WHO #CDC
“Home of the sick, land of the fascists.”

brooklynkid53bskys.bsky.social•6 days ago

you are such a lying fucking moron
and you have a PhD

the office has 14 people you fucking idiot

jrs81.bsky.social•6 days ago

How is he lying? Being short 25% of the people in the office that compiles the info from all of the laboratories will make the process considerably slower…..

cassiesmom.bsky.social•6 days ago

25% of 14 =?.

20degreessouth.bsky.social•6 days ago

No, you are the fucking idiot :)

joygregory.bsky.social•6 days ago

An aside: we have eggs in Canada. We also have a food safety system that values human life. Across most of Canada, eggs are less than $4 a dozen. CAD.

pnwrose64.bsky.social•6 days ago

Wish I could afford to move to Canada 😞

joygregory.bsky.social•6 days ago

Let me tell you about the birth of our four kids in the 1999s my open heart surgery in 1969, and my cardiac ablation and pacemaker installation in 2022. I paid for parking.

canapea-cartof.bsky.social•6 days ago

We have eggs in Romania. Even in this country that is among the poorest in the EU, we have plenty of eggs at an uninflated price. There is bird flu in the EU, but at the moment it is managed.

enahchine.bsky.social•6 days ago

People will be smuggling eggs from Canada.

davejohnston.bsky.social•6 days ago

But they will cost you $15 bucks america...
a small price for food safety.

joygregory.bsky.social•6 days ago

Family in NYC cannot buy any eggs. The shelves are bare. I buy about 6 dozen a month for a SSVP food pantry in #Calgary. The loss of an affordable source of protein is devastating for the people Trump, JD and Musk care about the least. #EconomicTerrorism

grumpy-dev.bsky.social•6 days ago

There is not even a real shortage. According to USDA, production is down only 3% from last year. It is all price gouging, opportunistic greed, and panic buying.

https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/fb494842n/q524mj24t/z316rx705/ckeg0125.pdf

davejohnston.bsky.social•6 days ago

They care about power for themselves

timfra.bsky.social•6 days ago

Close your borders. Keep us out. Maga!

joygregory.bsky.social•6 days ago

Nope. While we don't want your guns, you really should visit our national and provincial parks. Come breathe our air and drink our water. We have laws to protect natural resources AND our dollar makes the adventure affordable.

iamabeard.bsky.social•6 days ago

😭😭😭

timfra.bsky.social•6 days ago

Did u see the hockey game?

joygregory.bsky.social•6 days ago

I stopped after the second fight, which occurred within minutes of the first whistle. The #Tkaychuk boys have been treated well by Canada. They obviously have no time to learn about world events. Last night, they showed their allegiance. #MAGABabies

timfra.bsky.social•6 days ago

Lots of anger. Sad.

justchillng.bsky.social•6 days ago

Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Don’t touch dead birds.

citrineglitter.bsky.social•5 days ago

* headdesk *
* headdesk *
* headdesk *

philippos42.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is a fascist purge (to consolidate power, at the cost of function), & what many antisocial egomaniacs want to do. It's also exactly what Musk did to Twitter for his first several months of breaking things & flinging poo.

roninnekostudios.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well the Orange Walrus promised Nazi Germany here in the states at his rallies and they are foaming at the mouth to get to it 😒 why doesn't anyone want to impress Jody Foster when we need it

winterfeminist.bsky.social•5 days ago

😁

roninnekostudios.bsky.social•5 days ago

I freaking love it you just made my night 😍

winterfeminist.bsky.social•5 days ago

Glad you like 😂👊

roninnekostudios.bsky.social•5 days ago

I love it 😀

rbsnst.bsky.social•6 days ago

We have for too long under appreciated what you and the folks in these labs do to keep us safe……shame on us. Now we all need to find the champions to fight while caring for ourselves….

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•5 days ago

Talk about BAD TIMING:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.04.25321643v1

bobbourbon.bsky.social•6 days ago

Mean while In the UK...

oaktreedance.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump and the other Putin puppets want death, disease and suffering. They want fear. And they want destruction. I learned long ago that darkness feeds from suffering, hate, fear… these lost dark souls are proving the point

natsciknitread50.bsky.social•6 days ago

Makes me angry!

euphoricape.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is what happens when people vote in a circus act to govern them.

russdibello.bsky.social•6 days ago

Q: Who exactly would rejoice at a bankrupted nation where millions were dying from curable diseases?

A: Rhymes with "Lootin'".

ladybuggers.bsky.social•6 days ago

Wait but we have RFK, he’ll save the day…at-least our brave and fearless Senators think so! Fucking laughing stocks! I hope they suffer the wrath like the rest of American will at the hands of this mad man!

leerowan.bsky.social•5 days ago

Rump wants to be a banana republic dictator. That doesn't usually end well.

1uniquaphiliaism.bsky.social•5 days ago

jab78.bsky.social•6 days ago

He defunded the Pandemic Preparedness personnel before the pandemic as well.
Interestingly enough, he reinstated funding for gain-of-function experiments that Obama had stopped due to its inherent dangers.

ebgal.bsky.social•6 days ago

We are so screwed.

ekalcec.bsky.social•6 days ago

People. Will. Die. But eh, that’s what half the country voted for no?

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

They think it will be someone else, not them.

atnius.bsky.social•6 days ago

Fucking idiots!

pja99.bsky.social•5 days ago

President Musk, his dog chump, and all the spineless Republicans need to get the heck out of OUR country NOW!!

goodgreatokayish.bsky.social•6 days ago

📌

chriswoodwriter.bsky.social•6 days ago

😪

sagakeramik.bsky.social•5 days ago

The fools have no idea how much they have destroyed. Leaving WHO, stopping USAID, appointing RFK, cutting funds and laying off staff with essential expertise and knowledge is going to kill thousands. This will lead to disaster they have no ability to manage.

lsquare.bsky.social•6 days ago

and how is this helping the American people, I once again ask? Why do I get the feeling that having sick and dying people is what they’re after?

davidq-the-guru.bsky.social•5 days ago

!!!

clemsoncheryl.bsky.social•5 days ago

When the creature can't get KFC any longer because all the chickens have been slaughtered, maybe he'll do something.

dgwoods.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump Musk are taking away Americans' access to major fields of knowledge.

rogerjharris.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump is turning the US into a shithole country.

mbnavarro.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is where non-MAGA wealth steps in and starts building side departments for USA citizens with all those fired. A NEO CDC, NEO FDA, NEO Justice Dept etc etc etc.
@mcuban.bsky.social

20degreessouth.bsky.social•6 days ago

States like California,Oregon, Maine, New York should stop their citizens from paying income taxes to the feds and instead fund state supported replacements of this expertise. The fired federal employees would likely be happy for the chance to continue their work. States rights!

belllasusan.bsky.social•5 days ago

Exactly. The enshitification of America.

vicozandy.bsky.social•6 days ago

4th World is a good term.
I've been to a few "3rd world" countries and they at least have identity and hope for an improved future.
The fallen 1st world nation, brought down by rot from within (&without) has division and chaos that has everyone pulling separate ways. Much easier to break than build.

spikenip.army.social•6 days ago

We're not emerging. We're descending. Sinking fast.🤦‍♀️

9iners.bsky.social•5 days ago

stefankleeberger.bsky.social•6 days ago

Eight years ago they would have been concerned, as they must have worried that an epidemic would take its biggest toll on their voters. Now I am afraid, their plans take something like this into account.

qua12.bsky.social•6 days ago

Without these researchers we could have trouble developing new vaccines if the bird flu virus mutates👍

applechunks.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump fired Obama's pandemic teams, the saars, ebola, monkeypox fighters) right before Wuhan let Covid escape unchecked.

TRUMP IDIOCY WILL KILL US ALL.
I tried to find Trump's friend Herman Cain for comment. Turns out he's unavailable.

catdragonfly.bsky.social•5 days ago

Everyone not terminated should quit. How insulting is it to those fired for no good reason yet you still provide services (any) for those who ruined your coworker's lives?

razmetaz.bsky.social•5 days ago

That would be true for a organisation you belonged to which wasn't your sole income - people can't afford to take that risk. Go on a mass strike in solidarity- yes!

trumpsucksdaily.bsky.social•6 days ago

Here we go again.

nonubiz.bsky.social•6 days ago

So the plan is to rip the us infrastructure down to the studs. Then put back only people that vow to maga .so we can only have a supreme maga leader. No proof of waste only words. This is another step towards protect 2025

cforsberg.bsky.social•6 days ago

What's a bird flu? What's a measles? This is insanity. A virus don't care who you voted for. They'll just kill you, your mom, your kids, your grandparents, neighbors, etc.

RFK Jr, #PresidentMusk, #LtPresidentTrump are threats to you and the ones you love.

the-dudemeister.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm afraid that they're incapable of having empathy for the middle class & working poor, unless we foist it upon them. If it were, that when we lose a loved one due to the system being decimated, we ensure that one of theirs gets taken as well.

Within a week you'll have effective policy change.

throwback2.bsky.social•6 days ago

How come I don't see all the quail here dying. Or the pigeons? Bird flu empidemic but the birds are ok? Someone is lying. The birds must be hiding all the bodies.

mermerlkwd.bsky.social•5 days ago

They are actively trying to kill us all!

always4bangtan.bsky.social•6 days ago

📌

gheem.bsky.social•6 days ago

Here we go…….again……🤬

prayingmantes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Exactly. America is becoming a fourth world, not a fourth reich.

sillymsdebs.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is DEFINITELY going to bring the price of eggs down.

drag0n0bsessi0n.bsky.social•6 days ago

They are in the FDA now. My sister was just fired

icanseeforleon.bsky.social•6 days ago

You sure it’s fourth?

allyoop13.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump learned the first time not good to let people know what’s going on in a pandemic: keeps the body count down

toyrocket.bsky.social•5 days ago

I still have a lot of masks, that I expect to begin using because that's the best I can do to curb contagion

samjessdad24.bsky.social•6 days ago

You would think the morons understood that covid derailed his last stint. If (when?) bird flu jumps species, no amount of RFK disinformation will save them.

paymaster17.bsky.social•6 days ago

It already has jumped to humans.

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

Flu is at 15-year highs but we won't know why because the CDC that would try to prevent it is being dismantled.

penelopesays2.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s already been passed to both cows & humans.

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/bird-flu-2025-first-h5n1-death-norovirus-outbreak-and-links-between

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

That's why he is seeking retribution for all those who caused that while rewarding those who wanted to ignore it.

kmbailey59.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think the morons understand perfectly well. Their solution is to stop people from knowing about it. Also, it's your fault because you didn't pray harder.

momoftwo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Despicable. They want us to die.

4suzx.bsky.social•6 days ago

That’s exactly what fucktrump wants🤬

66stang.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh, and kill off the rest of the chickens too...

66stang.bsky.social•5 days ago

Uh huh, and now comes the narative that another pandemic is on the way, we need to shelter in our homes, wear a mask when driving in our cars by ourselves, stay 10 feet away from each other at all times and never never never touch your face! Oh, and if you own a small business, just shut it down.

juniper61.bsky.social•6 days ago

Every decision they make is based on their ignorance and incompetence, just like the last time.

waynepage96.bsky.social•6 days ago

Find it funny. Just like 2020. Suddenly COVID-19 during election season. Covid is a avian or bird flu. Now this happens at JUST the right time.

Did you know you catch the avian (bird) flu and swine flu you entire life. Also hens cannot transfer bird flu to their eggs. It's a scam

drdupont24.bsky.social•6 days ago

Covid was just a practice pandemic. H5N1 is one mutation away from being human transmissible. This will happen in our lifetime. With its terrifying 50% death rate 55 million Americans would have died. The Covid death rate was only 4% and we lost one and a half million.

drdupont24.bsky.social•6 days ago

On another note, multiple people have been confirmed to have been infected by their cat. Cats have a 90% death rate. Even if you have indoor cats if you wear your shoes in the house it could be deadly. Unfortunately the next one will change our whole perspective on the pets we love.

wendyorent.bsky.social•6 days ago

You have no way of knowing that. Until H5N1 begins spreading person to person, it isn't a pandemic threat. If it does, we could be looking at a serious problem. But people need to remember that the virus first evolved in 1997. It has NEVER been shown to transmit person to person, not once, not yet.

jaaaaaaassica.bsky.social•6 days ago

But by allowing it to spread rampantly thru poultry farms it has already mutated and been transmissible to other animals. To date: cattle, mountain lions, cats, cougars, harbor seals, flamingoes, bears, foxes, skunks, farmed mink, dogs.

drdupont24.bsky.social•6 days ago

Upper airways. These changes will make it easier to spread from human to human. influenza viruses mutate frequently and can recombine with other strains of flu. If someone is already infected with the flu and gets infected with H5N1, this will be our darkest hour.

wendyorent.bsky.social•6 days ago

I repeat, it hasn't happened yet All of this was said so long ago, back in 1997-2005. it doesn't mean it can't happen. It means we don't know. The most important thing is that spread among farm animals be stopped, and that anyone infected is isolated. Vaccinate dairy and poultry workers as well.

drdupont24.bsky.social•6 days ago

And I repeat in 2 years it has mutated to infect cows and now it's mutated to infect our upper respiratory system. All this means is educate yourself, be prepared this time. And if nothing else make sure you buy some extra toilet paper this time.

drdupont24.bsky.social•6 days ago

I respect your credentials but it didn't mutate to cows until December 2023. The CDC did designate that the danger is low. But their concern is when they examined the virus in the gentleman from Louisiana who died it already genetically changed so it can attach to the human cells in the

wendyorent.bsky.social•6 days ago

The ability to attach to human cells is the ability to infect, not transmit. It that strain didn't spread it's dead in the water. It's transmission we have to fear. And FFS, how is it spreading from dairy herd to dairy herd? That's where our energy should be - stopping the spread.

drdupont24.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's already known how it spreads from herd to herd. Movement of infected cows, equipment used on multiple farms, birds getting infected and defecating in their water, and humans.. see my message about leaving your shoes outside to save your cat's life

steelhead.bsky.social•6 days ago

Lots of eggs here in Portugal. And inexpensive. USA becoming a sh!tH0l3 nation.

caligreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fire First… Think Later!

Carelessly Trump let experts go,
First nukes — then bird flu pros.
Will they come back? Who knows.
Trump’s a mess as far as staffing goes.

randyc25.bsky.social•6 days ago

Because Bird Flu isn’t real? Or will RFK Jr simply declare the scourge over?

mindmilkblog.com•6 days ago

Fauci has got that bread. He can pay them.

cpcav.bsky.social•6 days ago

If America has to burn down for Americans to realise the value of democracy then maybe that’s what needs to happen

tree207.bsky.social•6 days ago

Emerging “failed state”

solonnavy.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s as though the Pandemic never happened …

earthlingdiary.bsky.social•6 days ago

Take it to the streets
They did

larahart.bsky.social•6 days ago

i was part of that movement. felt bad because my brother was there, but the bigger picture was more important. thank heavens he survived.

20degreessouth.bsky.social•6 days ago

That would be bloody this time around against militarized police and Hegseth’s soldiers.

earthlingdiary.bsky.social•6 days ago

4 were killed by the National guard at Kent State. Marches continued.

wayfinderbee.bsky.social•6 days ago

Those may well be rookie numbers.

blandydayz.bsky.social•6 days ago

Emerging is a bit optimistic, in my opinion. We flew past that when the air disasters started up! Oh shit! I made a dying democracy pun on accident!

judysi.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump hung his mugshot picture in the White House. A snapshot after he was afforded the same judicial due process like all Americans. What’s it hanging there for? Making a revengeful grin every time he decreases the health, safety, and protections of Americans?

john-sup.bsky.social•6 days ago

...remember the playbook, make a problem worse then Munchausen-by-proxy it back to good health then rinse and repeat. I hear the numbers are falling short on the criminals deported ledger- que sorpresa🙂

datestamp.bsky.social•6 days ago

The US will be importing 15000 tons of eggs from Turkey - https://flutrackers.com I'm guessing there won't be tariffs on them. Regarding the firing of staff, that's a worry. I thought the news about firing nuclear safety staff was fiction but apparently not!

nick2r.bsky.social•6 days ago

Nothing short of criminal acts by DOGE.

mark-jay-321.bsky.social•6 days ago

And, of course, if bird flu becomes a pandemic it will be Biden's fault.

pattykazusa.bsky.social•6 days ago

They want us in chaos. They want us dying and protesting and for things to devolve into a situation where he can declare martial law. It’s all part of his obligations to Russia and his narcissistic need to be a dictator.

kelleybuz.bsky.social•6 days ago

If we stop keeping tract, the number of cases drop… he basically said that in the last plague.

crochetlady.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬

jphillipdavid.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/jphillipdavid.bsky.social/post/3lhib6aeyo22e

lucyjbri.bsky.social•6 days ago

They want us all dead

memeryp.bsky.social•6 days ago

Stop the insanity. PROTEST! Come all and bring others!

sickandtiered.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump I guess thinks he didn’t kill enough Americans with Covid.

defeq79.bsky.social•6 days ago

And President Elon is cooking and eating the equivalent of seed corn by firing those with less than three years of service

summergrass3.bsky.social•6 days ago

Now 2 ebola cases in NYC: remember, Trump screwed the handling of the first ship returning to the U.S. with Covid cases. None of the first responders had hazmat protection. Trump will continue to put Americans at risk. When will GOP congressmen DO SOMETHING. . . 1/2

summergrass3.bsky.social•6 days ago

2/2 to stop him? Even if they take him out, are others now out of their control?

avodopudim.bsky.social•6 days ago

chrisevans2.bsky.social•6 days ago

blacniss.bsky.social•6 days ago

Please continue to find outlets to get the word out. Important

blackcatparamedic.bsky.social•6 days ago

I fear that when bird flu completes its mammalian transition, it will gain back some virulence and become more transmissible to humans. So far, cases have been in rural settings, but a strong variant optimized for mammals remains on the table. It could get really bad, really fast.

badgerbleu2.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’m wondering if it would be feasible for the blue states to snap up all these scientists laid off and form state agencies mirroring the decimated departments. They could then develop a network by which to share info. They no need to share information with red states that voted for this "mandate".

propearson.bsky.social•6 days ago

I sell testing equip/supplies to NAHLN and USDA labs that research/test the worst threats to food security, biosecurity, ag industry AND human health. Defunding NAHLN is apocalyptic. No single state will be able to respond alone, no matter how much $$ they commit.

badgerbleu2.bsky.social•6 days ago

I understand. That’s why I was suggesting a network of blue states. I don’t know, we have to do something!

worlpeaceforever.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think it’s a great idea. California has the economy of a world country. They may have the infrastructure to survive without the rest. Just don’t hand any money over to the federal
Government. As it is no longer functional.

propearson.bsky.social•6 days ago

That’s literally what NAHLN does. They have been prepping and coordinating for decades to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks.

These fucking morons have no clue what they are doing. Imagine the price of eggs and bacon if ASF and H5N1 run rampant here.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/labs/nahln/activities

badgerbleu2.bsky.social•6 days ago

I find this very frightening. I’m beginning to think they are purposely trying to kill us all off.

propearson.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kill off the weak, enslave the rest.

justin1234567.bsky.social•6 days ago

I was listening to a news station about a year ago. They were claiming that the bird flu is not transmissible to humans in any way. Then they said if it were to ever transmit to humans, it’s because of gain of function research.

sombre-reality.bsky.social•5 days ago

Stop all international travel by US citizens out of the US now! Before it's too late.

Turnip will kill us ALL, give half the chance. The man is so thick, he doesn't even realise that's what he's likely to do with his ludicrous brainfarts.

mikethemadbiol.bsky.social•6 days ago

📌

anne-arkist.bsky.social•5 days ago

franklinchica.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's jumped to mammals so Darwin needs to get to work. I don't foresee a vaccine for H5N1 becoming widely available unless it is underground/blackmarket.

el-intrepido.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤣😂🤣 Welcome ONE welcome ALL - watch the USA become …. ALABAMA!! 🤣🤣🤣
For my next trick… Mississippi!!

roseywv.bsky.social•5 days ago

Did they not learn anything from Covid? Since people forgot how bad Trump managed that and how many people died, I guess he figures he can play the same game - deny it is happening and downplay how bad it is and watch the bodies pile up when we could have prevented a lot of it

helenstyle.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’m so sorry.

heyheydown1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump/Musk plan for American healthcare workers

/s

https://youtu.be/JKJDW_TG_Ww?si=mqhVZCB2HaaTMKha

msbmoran.bsky.social•6 days ago

Now there’s word of two Ebola cases …

stashlessquilter.bsky.social•6 days ago

Submerging. We are submerging into a 4th world nation. That's why it feels like we are drowning.

candyshoppekid.bsky.social•6 days ago

Feels more like floating in a re-emerging nation to me.

wobegotten.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kennedy's probable reaction, 'well, we all have to die of something.'

zacster911.bsky.social•6 days ago

hungrykate.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks, Banana Republicans!

voltairesrage.bsky.social•6 days ago

Most of the south just got past Rickets.

ladyelizadeath.bsky.social•6 days ago

Wtf??? And still, they ain't touching the Pentagon 👀👀👀👀

morganalafee.bsky.social•6 days ago

Courtesy of President Felon Trump and Mr Elon Musk..

concernedpublic.bsky.social•5 days ago

I thought Politico ran out of government subsidy $? Further, why does it take so many to "coordinate" anything? Do you have proof that the operation has somehow suffered? Seriously, you are a PhD? Do you even TRY to substantiate and use critical thinking?

dennisdesmond19.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump,Musk and the whole disgusting MAGA crew are, seriously trying to kill us ! Not just Democrats !
E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E !!! 💯☠️🤬

mr-gecko.bsky.social•6 days ago

You know, when Trump invites the world’s richest man to smash the government like a piggy bank in order to grab billions in tax cuts … it … it almost seems like there might be, I dunno, some sort of conflict of interest …

msdermo1463.bsky.social•6 days ago

Chilling. I suspect once (if) a human pandemic is recognized, the chaos (lack of altruistic leadership) will normalize martial law.

fedupcrap.bsky.social•6 days ago

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

user86035.bsky.social•6 days ago

SMH!

joesoap.bsky.social•6 days ago

Running Government is far harder than running any business.

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

Tell elon😏

joesoap.bsky.social•5 days ago

He is no longer speaking to me.

lorafraracci.bsky.social•6 days ago

Obviously there is a betting pool out there somewhere that we will have another pandemic under this president.... will the christian right give af? 🤔 because it's certainly looking like old testament to me....

karinacoastside.bsky.social•6 days ago

pkolbenschlag.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kevin Hassett says Supreme Leader has a plan, out in 2 weeks.

xiaojiu63.bsky.social•6 days ago

Right now it’s a concept of a plan.

msafiri100.bsky.social•6 days ago

So this is how they are going to make america great. I guess I have a different definition for great.

penanghill.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump /Musk are weaponizing disease to create chaos and to destroy the United States.

iampilgrim.bsky.social•6 days ago

#fascist @nytimes.com trying to hide this fact.

bonnietrek4455.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬🤮💩

donirvin.bsky.social•5 days ago

More like a shithole country.

yaytrump2.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or just wanting to ensure tax payers are getting what they pay for perhaps? Productivity? Attendance in the work place not double jobbing?

dmokaren.bsky.social•6 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

pjoy26.bsky.social•6 days ago

Remove The Trump Regime from office Everyone of them.

emc2mm.bsky.social•5 days ago

Time to bring a nuke to the knife fight!

emc2mm.bsky.social•5 days ago

The reason they are firing everyone is so there are no witnesses. This is extortion its time its called this call the tv stations in your area ask for news director ask why they are not calling it this? Just keep calling everyday - they are holding everyone hostage so we will let them

bananarammer.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank god maybe this time time it will wipe out enough people… I’m getting tired of them anyway…

ckeesler012.bsky.social•6 days ago

Stupid idiots.

andymcr.bsky.social•6 days ago

About the Tories (mis)handling of the NHS bug some parts seem apt https://youtu.be/l9CO65EmNGs?si=XILbP1CZOgcIfk4U

2a101010.bsky.social•6 days ago

Absolutely and totally insane. What is wrong with these people?

Do they have any common sense? Bird flu, like Covid and measles doesn’t care which party you support. (And apologies for trotting out a cliche, but FFS.)

dj1au.bsky.social•6 days ago

No but republicans in not getting vaccinated died in greater numbers and will again. Darwin.

2a101010.bsky.social•5 days ago

Absolutely. ‘Red’ v ‘Blue’ mortality rates were equivalent till the vaccine was available and then …

The problem with a virus like measles is it needs about a 95% vaccine adoption to protect from outbreaks. Which is what is happening now. So sad. (I am old enough to remember people with polio.)

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