H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One - eviltoast

When H5N1 avian influenza started spreading among dairy cattle across the U.S. this year, regulators warned against consuming unpasteurized milk. What happened? Raw milk sales went up.

Distributors of this unsafe-for-human-consumption product deny H5N1—which has the potential to sicken millions of people—is a danger. Dairy farmers decline to allow disease detectives onto their properties.

  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    most of that land is grazing, not cropland. and much of what is fed to animals is waste from crops after we have taken the best for ourselves.