[HN Gopher] Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread
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       Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-07-24 16:59 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | meristohm wrote:
       | "It is therefore critical to continue to monitor the virus in
       | affected animals and also in any potential infected humans, Diel
       | said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has funded programs for
       | H5N1 testing, at no cost to producers. Early testing, enhanced
       | biosecurity and quarantines in the event of positive results,
       | would be necessary to contain any further spread of the virus,
       | according to Diel."
       | 
       | Not mentioned is that it is also critical to reduce our meat
       | consumption, for this and numerous other reasons. I posted awhile
       | back about eating sprouted legumes; that's still a staple of my
       | diet, and now that summer's here I eat a lot of greens from my
       | yard, including dandelion and oxeye daisy, otherwise known as
       | weeds here in the USA. I still eat meat as a rare, luxurious
       | treat; one need not give up meat to reduce environmental impact.
       | Nutritional yeast provides plenty B12 and other nutrients. One
       | big "everything" salad a day, plus my child's leftovers
       | throughout the day, is enough (I'm a male in my 40s averaging
       | about 7k steps a day plus lifting 40+ pounds many times
       | throughout the day; not strenuous activity, but consistent).
       | 
       | Humans and our livestock dominate the planet. I'm not proud of
       | that. I'm not confident that our respective elected officials can
       | enact toothy regulations quickly enough to put enough of a lid on
       | our resource churn, so I appeal to you, dear reader, to find a
       | way to live a rich and interesting life on a reasonable carbon
       | footprint (what that is is up for argument, but certainly less
       | than the US average), and to convince your family, friends, and
       | neighbors to do the same.
        
         | jmoak wrote:
         | >Humans and our livestock dominate the planet.
         | 
         | +1
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         | >I still eat meat as a rare, luxurious treat; one need not give
         | up meat to reduce environmental impact.
         | 
         | +1
         | 
         | My rule is: veggies at home, meat when eating out. The biggest
         | downer of going vegetarian is paying top dollar at restaurants
         | for a pile of veggies. Meat isn't evil, it's just special -
         | treat it as such :)
        
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