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Gov't orders disinfection of poultry farms as bird flu outbreak worsens,

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Should be a warning to all concerned that the current animal husbandry factory system is not sustainable.

The industries practice extremely questionable methods from an animal rights point, while posing huge health risks to the animal population as well as the human population.

Covid is the wake up call concerning zoonotic diseases. H5N1 has been responsible for human deaths, although very few.

It is just a matter of when, not if, the perfect leap is made from avians to humans.

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Watch out for rising prices at KFC! Christmas in Japan just isn't Christmas in Japan without that junk food.

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More chemicals in food.

Instead of treating the disease, how about preventing it?

the bribery scandal in the news about a politician helping a massive chicken company to bypass animal rights is an example of why the animal diseases proliferate.

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More chemicals in food.

Instead of treating the disease, how about preventing it?

That's exactly what they're doing??? Disinfecting farms doesn't add anything to the meat and is a measure to prevent the birds getting sick

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If its not one thing its another! What's next? SARS 2.0?

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If its not one thing its another! What's next? SARS 2.0?

The virus causing the current "corona" pandemic is SARS 2.0.

Its official scientific name is SARS-CoV2.

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So does this mean I shouldn't eat delicious hanjuku tamagos right now......? :(

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TrevorPeace

Yes! I love this Christmas KFC tradition in Japan.

And of course my son too...

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