The avian flu situation is evolving daily now. Farmers and ranchers are starting to show "bird flu-like symptoms," but they aren't getting tested. Nobody is forcing them, either. The USDA is inspecting ground beef, but only in states with outbreaks in dairy cows, and only because other countries started rejecting our beef. As one epidemiologist told Scientific American, "We don't have a good sense of the spread because testing is voluntary and certainly not being done in a systematic way."

Avian flu has been spreading for months in cattle, and none of our government institutions can tell us anything except, "Don't panic."

It's pathetic.

According to STAT News: "The United States even has some H5 vaccine in a stockpile that it believes would offer protection against the version of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cattle, though there would not be nearly enough doses for the entire country." Yes, they believe it would.

They don't know?

I mean, it's their job to know. We pay these people a third of our money, and that money is specifically meant for them to know these kinds of things and prepare for them. Instead, what do we get?

"Don't panic."

Bird flu was spreading all last year, working its way up the mammalian food chain. Our politicians were too busy worrying about TikTok and Chinese weather balloons. They completely dropped the ball on this one.

We're told that bird flu isn't spreading among humans "at this time," but it "could" at some point in the future. Well, it's been jumping to every other mammal, including a dolphin.

Even a story in U.S. News has to admit that "no studies have ever been done on the effects of pasteurization on bird flu virus in milk." They say, "Experts believe pasteurization... should kill the virus."

Ah. They believe it should kill the virus.

Don't panic, though.

Look around. Nobody is panicking. Do you see anyone panicking? I see a lot of people confused, upset, and a little angry. They're not angry about the bird flu. They're angry at bureaucratic incompetence. But I don't see anyone screaming in terror at the sight of milk.

Do you?

Nobody has panicked since 2022. Everyone has been living the fantasy of normal. I think politicians and corporate media flunkies really mean this: Don't get angry at them. Don't criticize them.

Don't hold them accountable. Don't demand they get their act together and do more than perform testing theater.

That's what they mean by "don't panic."

Just wait until bird flu starts transmitting between people. Don't demand clean air. Don't demand better ventilation or air purifiers. Don't demand free masks. (By the way, they're not really free. You paid for them with your tax money. That's what your tax money should be spent on.)

Think back to 2021, if you can.

Originally Posted By BourbonBeast:
bird flu forum pls

Originally Posted By Seadra_tha_Guineapig:
we're not falling for this bullshit again

Originally Posted By DamascusKnifemaker:
Does this mean we are all going to die this time?

Originally Posted By Sailboat:
What's that from?

Originally Posted By Precious87:



Seriously. If we're gonna die from this shit we might as well get liquored up and hit the roads!

Fucking Mad Max in Honda Accords baby!

Originally Posted By DamascusKnifemaker:
Does this mean we are all going to die this time?

Originally Posted By fssf158:
What does the author want?  A repeat of 2020?  Government shutting down the beef industry ?  Mandatory masking?  Another vaccine that hasn’t been adequately tested?

Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
kewl.

let's kick this pig.

i ain't gettin' any younger.

well, that, and i need the post apocalyptic world so i can get leanbeefpatty to shave her hair into a mohawk and squeeze into some studded black leather pants.

Originally Posted By BourbonBeast:
bird flu forum pls

Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
kewl.

let's kick this pig.

i ain't gettin' any younger.

well, that, and i need the post apocalyptic world so i can get leanbeefpatty to shave her hair into a mohawk and squeeze into some studded black leather pants.

Originally Posted By KILLERB6:
The millies and zekes will once again pick up those mask mandates and and lockdowns run with them…while X and beyond go on with their lives.

Originally Posted By fulminate:


I wonder how she looks in a hockey mask and wrestling shorts.

Originally Posted By KILLERB6:
You rascal, you!
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/18716/IMG_7216-3203151.jpg

Originally Posted By KILLERB6:
The millies and zekes will once again pick up those mask mandates and and lockdowns run with them while X and beyond go on with their lives.

Originally Posted By KILLERB6:
The millies and zekes will once again pick up those mask mandates and and lockdowns run with them…while X and beyond go on with their lives.

Originally Posted By Sebastian_MacMaine:
I'm gonna put a bumper sticker on my car, "If you pull me over, I'll sneeze on you!"  Then go on a Cannonball Run.

Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
moar

Originally Posted By skindroid:


"yeah you better be wearing one you datgum millneal I need to live as long as possible and suck down all that sweet ponzie scheme SS money you are putting in while lecturing you about how you screwed up the world"

Originally Posted By FreefallRet:
None of my birds have the flu

Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
if 2020 to present is any indicator, at least 50% of your fellow mericans will fall for this bullshit again.

Originally Posted By skindroid:


"yeah you better be wearing one you datgum millneal I need to live as long as possible and suck down all that sweet ponzie scheme SS money you are putting in while lecturing you about how you screwed up the world"

Originally Posted By Woodsman20:
I hear if you mix milk with Kahlua it kills bird flu in milk.  White Russians for everyone.

Don't drink Jacky Treehorns white russians.

Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
if 2020 to present is any indicator, at least 50% of your fellow mericans will fall for this bullshit again.