{"id":13839,"date":"2025-03-18T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rfk-jr-s-prescription-for-bird-flu-on-farms-let-it-spread\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:43:45","slug":"rfk-jr-s-prescription-for-bird-flu-on-farms-let-it-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rfk-jr-s-prescription-for-bird-flu-on-farms-let-it-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr.\u2019s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation\u2019s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead of culling birds when the infection is discovered, farmers \u201cshould consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, and preserve the birds, that are immune to it,\u201d Mr. Kennedy said recently on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has repeated the idea in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6369907937112\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">other interviews<\/a> on the channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy does not have jurisdiction over farms. But Brooke Rollins, the agriculture secretary, also has voiced support for the notion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are some farmers that are out there that are willing to really try this on a pilot as we build the safe perimeter around them to see if there is a way forward with immunity,\u201d Ms. Rollins told Fox News last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yet veterinary scientists said letting the virus sweep through poultry flocks unchecked would be inhumane and dangerous, and have enormous economic consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat\u2019s a really terrible idea, for any one of a number of reasons,\u201d said Dr. Gail Hansen, a former state veterinarian for Kansas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since January 2022, there have been more than 1,600 outbreaks reported on farms and backyard flocks, occurring in every state. More than 166 million birds have been affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Every infection is another opportunity for the virus, called H5N1, to evolve into a more virulent form. Geneticists have been tracking its mutations closely; so far, the virus has not developed the ability to spread among people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But if H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of five million birds, \u201cthat\u2019s literally five million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,\u201d Dr. Hansen said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Large numbers of infected birds are likely to transmit massive amounts of the virus, putting farm workers and other animals at great risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSo now you\u2019re setting yourself up for bad things to happen,\u201d Dr. Hansen said. \u201cIt\u2019s a recipe for disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Emily Hilliard, the deputy press secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, said Mr. Kennedy\u2019s comments were aimed at protecting people \u201cfrom the most dangerous version of the current bird flu, which is found in chickens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCulling puts people at the highest risk of exposure, which is why Secretary Kennedy and N.I.H. want to limit culling activities,\u201d she said, referring to the National Institutes of Health. \u201cCulling is not the solution. Strong biosecurity is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In her plan to combat bird flu, Ms. Rollins recommended <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/26\/us\/politics\/egg-prices-us-imports.html\" title=\"\">strengthening biosecurity<\/a> on farms \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-my-plan-to-lower-egg-prices-6be0f881\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">preventing the virus from entering<\/a> their premises, or halting its spread with stringent cleaning and use of protective gear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But that is a longer-term solution. The U.S.D.A. is beginning those efforts in just ten states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The virus first took root among wild birds, which transmitted it to domestic poultry and various mammal species. Now a single infected duck flying overhead may drop excrement onto a farm, where a chicken or turkey may ingest it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Farmed poultry have weak immune systems and are under enormous environmental stress, often packed together in wire cages or poorly ventilated barns. Within a day, H5N1 can sicken as much as a third of a flock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Infected birds can develop severe respiratory symptoms, diarrhea, tremors and twisting of their necks, and produce misshapen or fragile eggs. Many die gasping for breath. (Some birds die suddenly without showing any symptoms at all.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The speed with which infected birds collapse has been cited as one reason that officials believe eggs to be safe for consumption. Most sick birds die before they can lay an egg, or are so visibly diseased that it is easy to filter them out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Poultry farmers call the authorities as soon as they spot the signs of illness or death. If the tests turn up positive for bird flu, they are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/12\/31\/2024-31384\/payment-of-indemnity-and-compensation-for-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reimbursed for killing the rest of the flock<\/a> before the virus spreads any farther.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If farmers were instead to let the virus make its way across the farm, \u201cthese infections would cause very painful deaths in nearly 100 percent of the chickens and turkeys,\u201d said Dr. David Swayne, a poultry veterinarian who worked at the U.S.D.A. for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The result would be \u201cinhumane, resulting in an unacceptable animal welfare crisis,\u201d he added. (Methods to cull birds <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/02\/science\/bird-flu-aid-animal-welfare.html\" title=\"\">can also be cruel<\/a> but at least are generally faster.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Farmers who cull infected flocks must also clean the premises and pass audits before restocking. They are often eager to resolve the crisis quickly. Simply stepping back would have serious financial consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The strategy \u201cmeans longer quarantine, more downtime, more lost revenue and increased expenses,\u201d said a U.S.D.A. scientist who was not authorized to speak to the media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy has suggested that a subset of poultry might be naturally immune to bird flu. But chickens and turkeys lack the genes needed to resist the virus, experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe way we raise birds now, there\u2019s not a lot of genetic variability,\u201d Dr. Hansen said. \u201cThey\u2019re all the same bird, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Public health regulations would forbid the very few birds that might survive an infection from being sold. In any event, those birds might only be protected against the current version of H5N1, not others that emerge as the virus continues to evolve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe biology and the immunology doesn\u2019t work that way,\u201d said Dr. Keith Poulsen, the director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Letting the virus spread unchecked would also likely lead to trade embargoes against poultry from the United States, he added: \u201cThere\u2019s a huge economic loss immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In one interview with Fox News, Mr. Kennedy also suggested that the virus \u201cdoesn\u2019t appear to hurt wild birds \u2014 they have some kind of immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In fact, while ducks and shorebirds may not show symptoms, H5N1 has killed raptors, waterfowl, sand hill cranes and snow geese, among many other species.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/health\/kennedy-bird-flu.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. 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