As bird flu wreaks havoc in the Midwest, researchers say vaccines offer a way out
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Bird flu has killed over 166 million birds nationwide. Experts say poultry vaccination is crucial to control the virus and prevent a pandemic.

Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Egg producers may want a vaccine that can be administered in food or water so they don’t have to give shots to millions of birds.

    Hell, I don’t want to give my 9 chickens shots. Put it in treats, plz

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    HAH!

    Good luck US, this means there is NO way for you to fix this problem

    I mean, we don’t want autistic chickens now, because we all know that autism is contagious as hell and spreads from chickens to humans easily, we also know that vaccines give chickens autism so yeah. Dead end, I think the US should get used to living without eggs and or chicken meat.

    There simply is no solution!

  • courageousstep@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’ve heard conflicting information.

    1. That a vaccine would be lifesaving and egg-saving, and it would be a great thing.
    2. With a vaccine, exporting chickens/eggs to other countries will be impossible because they won’t want to import eggs/meat potentially carrying bird flu (which wouldn’t be known because the chickens wouldn’t show symptoms). So, if food-cautious countries don’t want vaccinated products because of their potential to harbor bird flu, do I want those products? Would this increase the chance for the flu to jump between species?

    I am not knowledgeable enough to know which is the better way forward. Can anyone speak to this?

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The benefit here would be to eradicate the virus, so that in about 6 months or so there can be confidence that there’s no issue anymore.

        • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Yes, I remember reading that they’ve set up vaccination centres for wild birds. No appointments though.

          Edit: I had it backwards. It’s by appointment only, and they’ve had very low vaccination numbers despite all the bird calls.

    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Probably administered through feed or water. But would be funny to see someone wearing a bandoleer of needles and running in Terminator style.