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@georgethomas.bsky.social

That’s not good news.

georgethomas.bsky.social

@lauraweatherspoon.bsky.social

We have learned that neither the CDC nor the USDA have the scientific professionalism we had been led to believe they had. Perhaps cleaning house at these organizations will, in the long run, have some benefit. We certainly weren't getting our money's worth.

📚Laura Weatherspoon🌳

This is not a good time to be a raw milk aficionado because it’s one of the few ways for humans to get infected by the bird flu. If we had a normal CDC they would be putting out warnings.

Cherish

@cherishone.bsky.social

This seems valuable to know

We should have been operating from the start with this as an assumption.

Just finished; excellent article, an absolute shining light of investigation in these troubled times. As a (pet) chicken keeper, poultry ‘dust’ is never just dust - it’s quill casings, particles of keratin, dried-to-powder droppings lighter-than-air. Additionally, chickens deliberately…

…dirt-bathe to remove parasites. You may be familiar with a condition called pigeon-fancier’s lung; it’s the reason all coop clearouts should be gloved and masked even without the presence of pathogens. Even keeping one pet bird CAN trigger it. Breathing that melange in on the regular can…

…be fatal surprisingly quickly. Knowing that many viruses have protective sheaths that enable survival outside a host, it should absolutely be part of standard biosecurity protocol that dust-clouds are contaminated and housing should have air filtration. I hope that becomes standard. /TEDtalk

Peg

@ethnobot.bsky.social