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To be precise, the 200,000 reindeer were culled [1]. [1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-020-01474-z?shared-article-renderer https://link.spri
by lixtra 6y ago
To be precise, the 200,000 reindeer were culled [1].
[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-020-01474-z?shared-article-renderer https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-020-01474-z...
- animal_spirits 6y agoThanks for pointing that out. For the unfamiliar (like me a few seconds ago) culling means "to reduce or control the size of (something, such as a herd) by removal (as by hunting or slaughter) of especially weak or sick individuals " [1] [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cull https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cull
- casefields 6y agoWhich is why New York is doing so well with COVID now. New York’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy: https://apnews.com/article/212ccd87924b6906053703a00514647f https://apnews.com/article/212ccd87924b6906053703a00514647f
- nojs 6y agoFull paper: https://sci-hub.se/downloads/2020-02-04/2c/10.1007@s10393-020-01474-z.pdf https://sci-hub.se/downloads/2020-02-04/2c/10.1007@s10393-02... This presents some alternate hypotheses for the outbreak and claims Anthrax is fairly unique in its ability to survive repeated freeze-thaw cycles.