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Re: H5N1 Outbreak in Central Valley, California: dead cows piled by roadsides

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Post by rapjr9 » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 6:00 PM UTC

bryant wrote: post #2

I have to assume that a vaccine using legacy methods (let alone newer technology) would be easily achieved at this point, and that at least in humans, a possible outbreak could be blunted in under a year. So is it just not cost effective to do it for cattle? --- edit: leaving my original typed comment in place above. But I found this - https://texasfarmbureau.org/usda-approves-first-h5n1-vaccine...

In trials now, trials expect to be completed in five weeks:

https://drgnews.com/2024/10/23/south-dakota-company-to-test-...

Re: H5N1 Outbreak in Central Valley, California: dead cows piled by roadsides

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Post by fakedang » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 9:39 PM UTC

positr0n wrote: post #10

fakedang wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cattle meat is by far one of the most energy dense sources of nutrition, and if done right societally, one of the most efficient too. The issue is that the US (and most of the developing world) does it wrong by adopting factory farming to mass produce meat and destroy ecosystems within a few decades. If you're eating cattle/red meat, do it right - buy fresh, don't touch frozen and always go for grassfed. That itself…

What happens when you freeze meat that you want to avoid?

I didn't quite understand your statement. I was referring to store-bought frozen meat, as they're usually teeming with nitrates, benzoates and other chemical preservatives.

Re: H5N1 Outbreak in Central Valley, California: dead cows piled by roadsides

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Post by positr0n » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 4:47 AM UTC

fakedang wrote: post #12

positr0n wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What happens when you freeze meat that you want to avoid?

I didn't quite understand your statement. I was referring to store-bought frozen meat, as they're usually teeming with nitrates, benzoates and other chemical preservatives.

Oh I see, so it's not the freezing process. Freezing is just a proxy for other bad stuff?