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@chemoelectric “…letting the virus sweep through poultry flocks unchecked would be inhumane & dangerous… Dr. Gail Hansen… called the idea a “recipe for disaster. Every infection is an opportunity for the virus, called H5N1, to evolve….so far, the virus hasn’t developed the ability to spread among people…if H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of five million birds, “that’s literally five million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” It mutates just like #COVID #BirdFlu

@Pineywoozle I drive some people nuts, though, because I ALWAYS look for a way to blame the scientific community. Why? Because I know they will ALWAYS have done something wrong but will REFUSE to do correctly.

If THEY can't do things right, what's the point? The situation is hopeless.

Do you notice what is missing from the article? Try predicting from natural selection theory whether letting the bird flu go through flocks would actually produce disease-resistant birds...

@Pineywoozle From what they teach us in school, you might think so. Surviving birds would be the "fittest".

But actually all we know is these are birds that survived this epidemic. There is nothing in natural selection theory to reassure us these birds are prepared for the next epidemic!

Furthermore, diseases may damage the immune system. It was probably in "Science" I read about measles destroying immunity. Few doctors probably even know "Science" exists, despite it being the top journal.