Tuesday, 08 April 2025 10:11

'Terrible idea'

Written by The Hound

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OPINION: With media putting so much effort into covering the issue of children not really liking the school lunch they never asked for in the first place, it's understandable they've paid little if any attention to the looming threat to the NZ economy - bird flu.

Since 2022, bird flu outbreaks have affected over 166 million birds in the US, making eggs more valuable than gold and crossing over to dairy cattle.

While the H5N1 strain has not yet infected humans, concerns remain.

The US has its 'best' people on it: US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thinks farmers should "let it run through the flock" to identify birds with natural immunity.

Actual expert and a former state veterinarian Dr Gail Hansen says this is "a really terrible idea" that would give the virus "5 million chances" to mutate into a more dangerous form.

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