{"id":41676,"date":"2025-01-22T19:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/the-latest-on-bird-flu-how-factory-farms-are-putting-us-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T19:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:13:25","slug":"the-latest-on-bird-flu-how-factory-farms-are-putting-us-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=41676","title":{"rendered":"The Latest on Bird Flu &#038; How Factory Farms Are Putting Us at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent developments could suggest that bird flu is a new or future danger if you\u2019ve been heeding only the reassurances from animal agribusiness that we can continue with the status quo\u2014and that its products are safe to consume. Yet, we have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/scientists-wary-bird-flu-pandemic-unfolding-slow-motion-2024-07-01\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/how-america-lost-control-of-the-bird-flu-and-raised-the-risk-of-another-pandemic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2025-01-02\/experts-warn-of-growing-risks-as-bird-flu-cases-rise\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by public health experts that, in bird flu, we could face the next pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factory farms\u2014intensive operations that dominate the U.S. food system and raise over 99 percent of the nation\u2019s farmed animals\u2014are breeding grounds for not just bird flu but other pathogens. Animals are crowded in the thousands or even over one million in often windowless sheds filled with their waste. In these facilities, animals and workers alike are vulnerable to disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, much of the animal agriculture industry has stubbornly and recklessly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/us-undercounts-bird-flu-cattle-farmers-shun-testing-2024-08-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">refused<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to perform <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/investigatemidwest.org\/2024\/12\/03\/bird-flu-is-racing-through-farms-but-northwest-states-are-rarely-testing-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adequate testing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of workers and animals. In December, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/article\/usda-announces-new-federal-order-begins-national-milk-testing-strategy-address-h5n1-dairy-herds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USDA ordered the testing of raw milk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is not heated to eliminate harmful pathogens and bacteria before consumption. However, this is not enough to address the dangers posed by the mass farming of animals and not enough to offer the full picture of bird flu\u2019s spread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWithout a clearer understanding of the extent of exposure, infection, viral evolution, and transmission, we will be unable to properly protect our communities from a pathogen that has proven to be a formidable challenge to human and animal health,\u201d reads the report in the New England Journal of Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent developments could suggest that bird flu is a new or future danger if you\u2019ve been heeding only the reassurances from animal agribusiness that we can continue with the status quo\u2014and that its products are safe to consume. 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