Subj : Tariffs = Lower Prices
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Mar 20 2025 01:34:00

MP>I have not heard them say it makes it dangerous to step ouside.  I have
  >heard that it is dangerous to hang around flocks of birds, but not many
  >people do that.  At least one person who did has become sick in recent past.

MP>Rob mentioned how there are ways that Canadian chicken farms are run, and
  >that the USA likely runs them differently.  I am not sure but I suspect he
  >means how many egg farms keep the hens close together in small cages in
  >order to maximize the number of hens in a particular space.

MP>That, in turn, makes the spread of disease more likely.  Rob will have to
  >confirm, but I suspect in Canada they don't do that which is why they
  >probably don't have as many issues with bird flu.

I don't know that the migrating birds that bring the flu in come this
far North, or at least in much smaller numbers. I think that the idea
of thousands of birds in tiny cages they can barely move in is more
common down there, and possibly illegal up here.

But we have had the odd case of bird flu up here so we are not
completely removed from it.

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