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Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu [1]
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Date: 2025-02-22
There is probably no greater near term threat to our health and lives than the bird flu. We keep hearing stories about how it is could mutate to enable human to human spread, and it is apparently an extremely deadly disease to humans. So, you will glad to hear that the Trump admin is bring all its scientific firepower to stop this. Surely they wouldn’t take extreme risks just to lower egg prices, would they?
Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu: Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu
Spearheaded by National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus and moves away from mass culling of infected flocks.
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President Donald Trump, who campaigned on promises to lower food prices, is facing pressure from lawmakers to act. However, no specific plan has been announced to address the egg price crisis, but NEC Director Kevin Hassett has signaled that a plan is coming, which was released on Sunday.
I am sure that this will work out well, aren’t you? This one deserves a call to your congress critter. Finally, the article indicates that there is a vaccine for birds, so hopefully they could develop one for humans quickly if needed.
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