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National News See other National News Articles Title: Panic Is Here: Now They Are Killing Cats To Prevent The Spread Of H5N1 If we are seeing this much fear now, how bad will it be if H5N1 starts spreading from human to human on a widespread basis? Since the bird flu pandemic began in early 2022, over 148 million birds have been ordered to be euthanized in the United States alone. But killing all those birds didn’t stop the disease. Today, the bird flu pandemic is worse than ever. In recent months, H5N1 has really been spreading among our cattle herds, and the Los Angeles Times has reported on the “piles of dead cattle” in California. Needless to say, that is very bad news for our food supply. On top of everything else, now cats are being put down after getting infected. According to Reuters, two house cats in the state of Oregon were just killed “after testing positive for bird flu”… Two house cats in Oregon were euthanized after testing positive for bird flu linked to their consumption of pet food made from raw chicken, state agriculture officials said on Friday. The virus has infected millions of poultry since the nation’s worst-ever outbreak began in 2022, along with thousands of dairy cattle and almost 70 people since April. The CDC has said the risk to the general public is low. Both cats that tested positive ate the same brand of pet food, Wild Coast Raw, before becoming ill, Oregon’s agriculture department said. Testing confirmed the presence of bird flu in the cats and food samples, according to the department. These cats could have potentially recovered. Apparently a decision was made to euthanize them in order to help prevent the spread of the disease. But if H5N1 mutates into a form that can spread easily among humans, there isn’t going to be much that we can do about it. Earlier today, we learned that a woman in the state of Wyoming that has tested positive has had to be hospitalized… A woman in Wyoming was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, according to health officials who say she was likely infected by handling sickened birds in a backyard flock. According to a statement from Wyoming’s public health department, the woman is “an older adult” and has “other health conditions,” which may have made her more susceptible to the disease. She is being treated in another state. This marks the first human case of bird flu in Wyoming and the 70th human case in the United States since 2024. I don’t see any reason to panic at this stage. But once health authorities start telling us that person to person contact can spread H5N1, panic will spread like wildfire. See also Lara Trump: President Trump Is Going After the Rot in DC — And He Knows Where They Are Meanwhile, chickens and turkeys continue to drop dead at a staggering rate, and it is being reported that some egg farmers feel “that the fight against the avian flu is unwinnable”… Egg farmers are starting to worry that the fight against the avian flu is unwinnable. Producers across the country are bleeding millions of dollars to invest in biosecurity efforts to rebuild their rapidly dying flocks — all while protecting humans from catching the deadly disease, according to a report. “I call this virus a terrorist. And we are in a battle and losing, at the moment,” Greg Herbruck, the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch in Michigan, told the San Antonio Express-News. Earlier this month, I wrote about the new strain of H5N1 that is just ripping through flocks from coast to coast. As a result, some major retailers are now rationing eggs, and the price of a dozen eggs has soared into the stratosphere… While Americans have gotten used to sticker shock over the past couple of years under President Biden as prices for food, gas and other everyday items surged, many shoppers had to look twice when they bought a couple of eggs lately. The average price for a dozen Grade A large eggs climbed to $4.95 last month according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from just $2.52 twelve months earlier. According to the latest CPI report, overall egg prices rose by more than 50 percent over the past year. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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