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Montana Grizzly Bears Acting Strangely from Highly Pathogenic Virus Killed
Newsweek ^ | 18 Jan 2023 | JESS THOMSON

Posted on 01/19/2023 3:21:15 AM PST by blueplum

Ahighly contagious strain of bird flu has been detected in three grizzly bears in Montana, the first time the disease has been found in grizzlies.

The three bears tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in fall 2022, and were found to be suffering from neurological issues, including disorientation and partial blindness, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) said in a January 17 statement...

...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows that as of January 11, over 57 million poultry across the U.S. were infected by HPAI, most of which have died or been culled, while nearly 6,000 wild birds had tested positive as of January 12. This outbreak is one of the largest in history, and is partly responsible for soaring egg prices....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: avianflu; avianinfluenza; bears; birdflu; birds; chickens; eggs; eggshortage; grizzly; montana; poultry
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To: blueplum

This reads like the start of almost every zombie novel.


21 posted on 01/19/2023 5:46:54 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: blueplum

Bears normally have poor eyesight at best.


22 posted on 01/19/2023 5:59:19 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: blueplum

If the bird flu has jumped from fowls to mammals in the wilds, look out world.


23 posted on 01/19/2023 6:05:32 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: blueplum

Maybe this is a way for the government to just release mRNA shxt throughout the animal world. It was so successful during animal trials.


24 posted on 01/19/2023 6:13:28 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: blueplum

Canada Geese carry bird flu. They’re everywhere in great numbers and they poop all over everything.


25 posted on 01/19/2023 6:33:01 AM PST by dljordan
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To: dljordan

That is a good cover story, but COVID has taught us there are strains that have minute differences.

What exact strain did these bears have and what Fauci funded lab was working with a similar strain and when?

If Fauci’s crew taught gun safety, they’d be the guy with his finger on the trigger, pointing the gun randomly at his students, hired because he was cheap and didn’t ask a lot of questions.


26 posted on 01/19/2023 7:18:40 AM PST by UNGN
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To: Fester Chugabrew

LOL, I like your headline!


27 posted on 01/19/2023 10:27:06 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Style guides preclude punctuation in headlines.

But I can’t imagine why the headline writer could not have used more words.


28 posted on 01/19/2023 11:47:56 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritIq)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Article writers don’t do headlines.

Headlines are done by the editors.

And editors are also frequently the website publisher.

Of course editing is a lost art in the age of web media.

With the rush to publish in a 24/7 news cycle editing is once and done thing.


29 posted on 01/19/2023 11:53:52 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritIq)
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To: blueplum

Dang ole PCR tests strike again. Their accuracy is indisputable.


30 posted on 01/19/2023 3:29:02 PM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: blueplum

Is 2023 the yard of the zombie bears? 🐻🐻😱💀😂


31 posted on 01/19/2023 6:23:34 PM PST by catbertz
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To: rlmorel

That is much better.

I figured out what the original title meant, but it took several rereads.


32 posted on 01/19/2023 6:28:48 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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