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Bird flu spreads in Utah cow herds amid weakened US oversight

Original: Utah, where plenty of cow herds were infected with birdflu. The 🧠🪱 does nothing. The CDC is gutted. The USDA is lead by

Bird flu has infected numerous dairy cow herds in Utah, and critics warn the virus could spill over from minks into barnyard cats and mice, raising fears of a new pandemic. Commenters blame the US response, saying the CDC has been gutted and the USDA is led by an ineffective political appointee, leaving the country without adequate monitoring under the current administration.

Why now: Concerns are rising that bird flu in US livestock could trigger the next pandemic while public health agencies are weakened.

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• Utah, where plenty of cow herds were infected with birdflu. The 🧠🪱 does nothing. The CDC is gutted. The USDA is lead by an 🟠💩 puppet. Minks are an excellent reservoir. Spill over in barnyard cats and mice. Hello new pandemic. Since the new regime in the US there are no more… · PensioNien@todon.nl · 9

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