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Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas (apnews.com)

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[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There are some dumb responses in this thread. Lots of misplaced vitriol at Texas and farmers.

You want to have people report this stuff? Don't act like dickheads when they do.

Stuff like this happens from time to time in agriculture. UK has issues with TB in dairy cows which requires them to cull herds. It's really shitty and unfortunate but this type of thing has happened for millenia.

It's better that they report it so we can address it and find ways to prevent it happening in the future.

And unless everyone is willing to go 100% vegan tomorrow, we need farmers, livestock, and the like to keep our meat and dairy supply flowing.

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I also want to point out that it doesn't seem like.they definitively determined it came from the cows but that he was "link" and "exposed" to infected cows.

"Genetic tests don’t suggest that the virus suddenly is spreading more easily or that it is causing more severe illness, Shah said. And current antiviral medications still seem to work, he added."

So this guy could have gotten it from the same bird the cows got it from as well. A dozen other people were tested and none came back positive.

All other cases we've seen have come from bird contact. So there is a reasonable chance this guy got it from an infected bird without realizing it.

Also, none of the cows have died (dunno if that's a good thing or bad thing).

[-] Vegoon@feddit.de 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And unless everyone is willing to go 100% vegan tomorrow

we do it until we get a new pandemic
we wait until climate change, 3°C from food production, destroys enough crops that agriculture collapses
we eat more of it to die sooner so we don't have to face the consequences of our actions.

And no, I don't belive 100% tommorow is the only way to avoid that, that was your wording. But it has to and will change.

[-] capital@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

And unless everyone is willing to go 100% vegan tomorrow, we need farmers

Safe to say vegans also need farmers. We just don’t need animal agriculture.

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 46 points 7 months ago

Don't mess with Texas, also don't visit Texas or eat anything Texas produces.

[-] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Don't mess with Texas. Don't mess with anything Texas produces. Don't mess with things that have messed with Texas. Avoid Texas at all costs.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago

Texas has been seized by the SCP foundation.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Texas has broken out of containment.

[-] anlumo@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Texas secession when?

[-] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Not soon enough.

[-] Vegoon@feddit.de 12 points 7 months ago

Don't mess with animals. This is not a Texas problem, outbreaks have been all over the world and the animal agriculture is the perfect breeding ground. The only question is where will it develop the human to human infection feature. When it happens you can only blame others if your state or country has no animal agriculture as it could happen anywhere.

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[-] BrightCandle@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's only got a 56% fatality rate, some of you will die but the economy must have it's workers pronto. I expect the COVID playbook will be used again, tell you it's droplets when it's airborne, push the vaccine as the solution and shove you back to work.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Buy toilet paper.

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[-] chetradley@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

"Let's pack hundreds of animals together in a confined space, what's the worst that could happen?"

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

looks around the office cubical farms *

they form a call centre?

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Whaaat? A disease stemming from our exploitation of animals?? Surely that is something new and never heard of before!

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

How is this vitrol adding to the discussion?

[-] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Maybe I'm wrong, but I see no problem in people sharing their reactions. It isn't necessary for every comment to advance a scholarly debate.

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[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago

Cows aren't birds, stupid.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Yeah but haven't you "herd" of Buffalo wings? Touche!

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

And therein lies the issue.

[-] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Always seemed kinda dumb to rear animals on agriculture. Why not cut out the middleman and eat the crops directly?

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Many reasons but this could have been avoided if they culled the whole beef supply when it was first detected

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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Meat tastes good.

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

It sounds like they only have eye redness, for now. How long can we expect the transformation to take?

[-] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Hold on tight, here it cooooooommmnmeeeeessssss!!!!

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

We need to nuke Texas from orbit...it's the only way to be sure we stop the spread.

[-] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I couldn't find a good fucked bingo gif for this.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Now, when you say "in contact"...

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

honey where is my flame thrower?

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