Like most 'could's this is probably fine, but I really wouldn't want to play dice with mink and the flu. It's basically the perfect laboratory for human spread.
It sounds like for the USDA at least it's partly an unclear authority issue:
"Vaccinating the mink [...] or reimbursement for depopulated animals requires USDA to establish mink-specific regulatory authority and dedicated programs for HPAI response in mink."[0]
But nonetheless, what a supremely stupid way to die.
for those not aware, RFKjr has stated several times be believes animals affected by Bird Flu should be just left to suffer and die in the millions and the few that survive should be the ones bred as they are most resistant
just a tiny bit insane considering that every time a virus survives a host it mutates to try again a different way and that's how you get species "zoonotic jump"
Like most 'could's this is probably fine, but I really wouldn't want to play dice with mink and the flu. It's basically the perfect laboratory for human spread.
It sounds like for the USDA at least it's partly an unclear authority issue:
"Vaccinating the mink [...] or reimbursement for depopulated animals requires USDA to establish mink-specific regulatory authority and dedicated programs for HPAI response in mink."[0]
But nonetheless, what a supremely stupid way to die.
[0]: https://virological.org/t/preliminary-report-on-h5n1-highly-...
Are there any/enough officials left to be able to act?
for those not aware, RFKjr has stated several times be believes animals affected by Bird Flu should be just left to suffer and die in the millions and the few that survive should be the ones bred as they are most resistant
just a tiny bit insane considering that every time a virus survives a host it mutates to try again a different way and that's how you get species "zoonotic jump"