massive outbreak of bird flu in wild bird migration spot

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...dly-pandemic/ar-AASbn8Q?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Galilee

Over half a billion migrating birds pass through the area every year, heading for the warm African winters or the balmy summers in Europe, meaning this is a catastrophic location for a major bird flu outbreak right at the nexus of global avian travel.

So far, at least 5,400 wild cranes have died infected with the new H5N1 avian flu, which Israeli authorities fear could expand into a global emergency.

Of the 30,000 Eurasian cranes passing this winter at the Hula reserve, 17 percent are dead, and scientists fear the worst for their surviving brethren, at least 10,000 of which appear to be ailing. The infection of the cranes is the same strain of avian flu which infested chicken coops throughout northern Israel, and led to the cull in recent days of nearly a million birds.

Israelis will be without their beloved chicken schnitzel—and without eggs—until a supply chain of imported birds is established.

The deaths of thousands of wild birds in the Hula Nature Reserve, one of the world’s premiere bird sanctuaries, “is an extraordinary event with global ramifications,” warned Tel Aviv University Professor of Zoology Noga Kronfeld Shor in an interview with Reshet Bet Radio.

long-term ramifications on global wild bird populations, supply-chain disruptions, and potential danger to humans through variants that can cross-contaminate

 

[pecksniff]

Another pandemic?!

 

[butters]

Another pandemic?!

this shit happens on a regular basis, though wildlife populations are increasingly vulnerable to attacks due to rapid changes in global temperatures leading to more wildfires/flooding/excessive snowfall/drought which destroy the stability of their environments, leaving them weaker and less immune.

the biggest problem with this bird flu outbreak is its location...at the nexus of migration patterns for millions upon millions of birds traveling around the globe.

 

[pecksniff]

this shit happens on a regular basis . . .

Well, then, death to all wildlife!

 

[WillJ8787]

this shit happens on a regular basis, though wildlife populations are increasingly vulnerable to attacks due to rapid changes in global temperatures leading to more wildfires/flooding/excessive snowfall/drought which destroy the stability of their environments, leaving them weaker and less immune.

the biggest problem with this bird flu outbreak is its location...at the nexus of migration patterns for millions upon millions of birds traveling around the globe.

Yep, not good.....from what I understand, Avian Influenzas have everything to do with human modern farming techniques that over crowd birds(same goes for other types of livestock and crop/plant diseases).

Avian flus do exist in the wild, but not like what has happened since modern farming techniques have come into use. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[pecksniff]

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/6/6d/land_mammals.png

Bacteria still outweigh us thousands to one--and that's not even counting the several pounds of them in your body.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Let's all hope Fauci isn't sending suitcases of cash to Wuhan to they can do their Frankensteinian gain-of-function shit to this virus, too.

 

[pecksniff]

Let's all hope Fauci isn't sending suitcases of cash to Wuhan to they can do their Frankensteinian gain-of-function shit to this virus, too.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

He'll have to content himself torturing Snoopy some more.

 

[Sugar Baby Wanted]

Let's all hope Fauci isn't sending suitcases of cash to Wuhan to they can do their Frankensteinian gain-of-function shit to this virus, too.

It wouldn't surprise me. Greedy fucks.

 

[butters]

It wouldn't surprise me. Greedy fucks.

the stupid's strong in these two

 

[butters]

i know, right?