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U.S. is 'flying blind' with bird flu, repeating mistakes of COVID, health experts say
NPR ^ | 06/24/2024 | Amy Maxmen

Posted on 06/24/2024 9:00:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

It’s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health concern because of its potential to cause a pandemic, yet the U.S. has tested only about 45 people across the country.

“We’re flying blind,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health. With so few tests run, she said, it’s impossible to know how many farmworkers have been infected, or how serious the disease is. A lack of testing means the country might not notice if the virus begins to spread between people — the gateway to another pandemic.

“We’d like to be doing more testing. There’s no doubt about that,” said Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s bird flu test is the only one the Food and Drug Administration has authorized for use right now.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: birdflu; cdc; covid; flyingblind; un; us; who
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1 posted on 06/24/2024 9:00:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Must be another election year!


2 posted on 06/24/2024 9:02:24 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too funny!


3 posted on 06/24/2024 9:02:33 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just
Don’t
Comply

#BeUngovernable


4 posted on 06/24/2024 9:02:37 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like I believe anything from the corruptocracy or npr?


5 posted on 06/24/2024 9:04:24 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It seems to me that it shouldn’t be hard at all to get farm workers to be tested. If they are positive, it probably means that their herd or flock has the virus, and farmers would want to know that as soon as possible.


6 posted on 06/24/2024 9:12:10 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Repeating the mistakes of COVID
= = =

OK, list the mistakes.

Like masking? distancing? jabs? banning ivermectin? firing doctors? closing schools?


7 posted on 06/24/2024 9:15:27 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Here we go again. They have been ramping up the bird flu fear porn for a while now. When you watch for it then it is easy to see.


8 posted on 06/24/2024 9:19:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nothing that can be avoided by taking enough Vitamins B6, C, D3, E and K plus supplemental zinc.


9 posted on 06/24/2024 9:20:16 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health.”

________________________________________________

A fascist at Brown University - ‘nuf said.

Example:

How Activists Are Hardwiring ‘Race Marxism’ Into The Medical Field
12/25/2021
Excerpt:

“More than 1,000 health professionals publicly supported mass protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020 despite COVID-19 concerns, arguing that racism was a public health threat which superseded the medical community’s social distancing advice. Jennifer Nuzzo of Johns Hopkins argued at the time that “in this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the harms of the virus.”

https://tjvnews.com/2021/12/how-activists-are-hardwiring-race-marxism-into-the-medical-field/


10 posted on 06/24/2024 9:21:18 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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"... farmers would want to know that as soon as possible."

I think you are being sarcastic, but just the opposite is true. This variant of the bird flu doesn't seem to kill the birds like past variants. But the expert's solution is to kill all of the sick birds and all of the other birds on the same farm, e.g. help put the farmer out of business. This is like killing all of the humans that caught COVID to stop COVID.

I believe we should let most diseases run their course. It strengthens the host and lets the virus migrate into a less serious variant. Please remember that the Spanish flu is still with us, it has just modified itself into being much less lethal.

11 posted on 06/24/2024 9:23:05 AM PDT by fini
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Don’t worry about voting. I’m sure the Demoncrats already have your mail in ballot and it’s already filled out and mailed in.


12 posted on 06/24/2024 9:27:28 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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I think many people would not want to eat a chicken that came from a farm with an outbreak - and at the least, they’d want to know the disease status.

We lost over 50 million birds in each of the past two outbreaks; yes, many were culled to reduce the spread; but infected birds had up to a 90% to 100% mortality.

I’m not very concerned about human transmission; but potential problems with the food supply and the cost to farmers are concerning.


13 posted on 06/24/2024 9:35:36 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I will never, ever listen to the “health experts” on this kind of thing, and regard any articles like this from sources such as NPR as total pap.

I will trust my own mind, and sources I trust to tell the truth.


14 posted on 06/24/2024 9:43:39 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: Jamestown1630
It seems to me that it shouldn’t be hard at all to get farm workers to be tested. If they are positive, it probably means that their herd or flock has the virus, and farmers would want to know that as soon as possible.

"It seems to me..."

How many employees do you have?

How much livestock do you own?

What is your epidemiology experience?

15 posted on 06/24/2024 9:53:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: tired&retired

If the leaders are flying blind, Fauci must be leading the charge.


16 posted on 06/24/2024 9:56:45 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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NPR URINalist says images LOOK !!! RAIN !!!
17 posted on 06/24/2024 10:04:42 AM PDT by cuz1961
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you gonna chip in to cover the cost of testing ? download-10 + images-33 = images-32 .
18 posted on 06/24/2024 10:09:34 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I believe I have heard all of NPR’s “health experts” I need to hear. Well, unless they will tell us when they plan to release the next pandemic and what drug companies they have invested in.


19 posted on 06/24/2024 10:12:49 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: cuz1961

If I were a chicken or dairy farmer and one of my people got sick right now, I’d want to know what I might be facing. The worker might want to know what they’ve got, too.


20 posted on 06/24/2024 10:14:07 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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