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[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

There are some dumb responses in this thread. Lots of misplaced vitriol at Texas and farmers.

You want to have people report this stuff? Don't act like dickheads when they do.

Stuff like this happens from time to time in agriculture. UK has issues with TB in dairy cows which requires them to cull herds. It's really shitty and unfortunate but this type of thing has happened for millenia.

It's better that they report it so we can address it and find ways to prevent it happening in the future.

And unless everyone is willing to go 100% vegan tomorrow, we need farmers, livestock, and the like to keep our meat and dairy supply flowing.

Edit:

I also want to point out that it doesn't seem like.they definitively determined it came from the cows but that he was "link" and "exposed" to infected cows.

"Genetic tests don’t suggest that the virus suddenly is spreading more easily or that it is causing more severe illness, Shah said. And current antiviral medications still seem to work, he added."

So this guy could have gotten it from the same bird the cows got it from as well. A dozen other people were tested and none came back positive.

All other cases we've seen have come from bird contact. So there is a reasonable chance this guy got it from an infected bird without realizing it.

Also, none of the cows have died (dunno if that's a good thing or bad thing).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And unless everyone is willing to go 100% vegan tomorrow

  • we do it until we get a new pandemic
  • we wait until climate change, 3°C from food production, destroys enough crops that agriculture collapses
  • we eat more of it to die sooner so we don't have to face the consequences of our actions.

And no, I don't belive 100% tommorow is the only way to avoid that, that was your wording. But it has to and will change.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And unless everyone is willing to go 100% vegan tomorrow, we need farmers

Safe to say vegans also need farmers. We just don’t need animal agriculture.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Don't mess with Texas, also don't visit Texas or eat anything Texas produces.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't mess with Texas. Don't mess with anything Texas produces. Don't mess with things that have messed with Texas. Avoid Texas at all costs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Texas has been seized by the SCP foundation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Not soon enough.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't mess with animals. This is not a Texas problem, outbreaks have been all over the world and the animal agriculture is the perfect breeding ground. The only question is where will it develop the human to human infection feature. When it happens you can only blame others if your state or country has no animal agriculture as it could happen anywhere.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (11 children)

It's only got a 56% fatality rate, some of you will die but the economy must have it's workers pronto. I expect the COVID playbook will be used again, tell you it's droplets when it's airborne, push the vaccine as the solution and shove you back to work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Let's pack hundreds of animals together in a confined space, what's the worst that could happen?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago
  • looks around the office cubical farms *

they form a call centre?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Whaaat? A disease stemming from our exploitation of animals?? Surely that is something new and never heard of before!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

How is this vitrol adding to the discussion?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Maybe I'm wrong, but I see no problem in people sharing their reactions. It isn't necessary for every comment to advance a scholarly debate.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Cows aren't birds, stupid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah but haven't you "herd" of Buffalo wings? Touche!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

And therein lies the issue.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Always seemed kinda dumb to rear animals on agriculture. Why not cut out the middleman and eat the crops directly?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

Many reasons but this could have been avoided if they culled the whole beef supply when it was first detected

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (8 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

It sounds like they only have eye redness, for now. How long can we expect the transformation to take?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Hold on tight, here it cooooooommmnmeeeeessssss!!!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I couldn't find a good fucked bingo gif for this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

We need to nuke Texas from orbit...it's the only way to be sure we stop the spread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Now, when you say "in contact"...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

honey where is my flame thrower?

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