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#4

Yeah, bird flu is really bad.

This is why we must freeze USDA funding, halt all public health communications from our federal government, and urgently (TOP PRIORITY!!!) scrub all mentions of the word "women" from every public-facing piece of scientific content we can find.

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#5
I live in CA and saw a massive jump in prices when the state ordered chickens to be euthanized due to bird flu. It was also the first time I saw grocery store shelves completely empty of eggs for days at a time.

Prices for organic eggs have somewhat returned to pre-bird flu levels but the regular sales and discounts have stopped. Non-organic eggs are still significantly higher.

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#7

Yeah, bird flu is really bad.

Why does this mostly affect the US? I've been abroad most of the year and eggs don't seem overly expensive.

The below links are not all inclusive, but each touch on your inquiry in various capacities (as the problem is complex and multifaceted). Georgia halted all poultry sales due to infection detections, for example.

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/h5n1-much-more-than-you-wan...

https://agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza...

https://www.wusf.org/health-news-florida/2025-02-02/deadly-h...

https://investigatemidwest.org/2025/01/21/134m-poultry-and-c...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-13447-z

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0609227103

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#8

Yeah, bird flu is really bad.

Why does this mostly affect the US? I've been abroad most of the year and eggs don't seem overly expensive.

It's spreading abroad, but the US seems to be ground zero. The US's agricultural methods also make it extremely vulnerable to infectious disease (if one breaks through the continuous deluge of antibiotics we pump into our animals).

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#9

Yeah, bird flu is really bad.

What is the executive branch of the government doing about H5N1 currently? I have not seen any press releases or statements about it.

edit: I'm not being facetious, and don't welcome flippant replies. I'm genuinely interested, since I haven't seen any updates and have well-founded reasons to be skeptical this is getting the necessary attention.

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