Important additional facts about bird flu–new slides I have put together to help guide policy

I think this will help clarify the issues for everyone

1. The MSM is now starting to agree with us that culling 166 million birds has accomplished nothing

2. Bird flu is breaking out all over: 34 countries have reported cases just in Jan and Feb 2025, and in 2024 it was reported in 108 countries

3. While some members of Congress want poultry vaccinations to proceed, others do NOT—as it could influence a $5 billion dollar poultry export market

https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Letter-to-USDA-Re-HPAI-Vaccine.pdf

4. There has only been one death associated with bird flu EVER in the US—the response should be commensurate with the risk and cost, which really means evaluating the issue of livestock and poultry infections

5. Avian Influenza looks like it will always be with us, since it is widespread in the wild bird population. Most wild birds have no symptoms from it.

6. While the use of PPE (personal protective equipment) is being touted as a solution, it is unlikely to solve the problem of transmission. With COVID, doctors had trouble putting PPE on and removing it correctly. How will farmworkers, many from overseas with limited language skills, manage them? And PPE cannot stop transmission via wild bird feces on grazing land nor airborne transmission.

A rule was published in the Federal Register notifying farmers that they would only receive indemnity payments for culled poultry if they instituted biosecurity measures as of January 1, 2025. I agree with the Senators who wrote to Secretary Rollins that this rule should be delayed.

7. Bird flu is not a food-borne illness, therefore we don’t have to worry about it getting into the food chain. So far, there have been no reports of illness from consuming raw milk products either. So the focus should be on keeping poultry and cattle healthy, alive and producing. Is there an affordable food additive that will do this and not impair food quality? That is the BIG QUESTION.