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They literally have a bird-flu task force. They're doing everything you would expect and want them to do. I have a friend who was on the task force and quit be

by smt88 2y ago

They literally have a bird-flu task force. They're doing everything you would expect and want them to do. I have a friend who was on the task force and quit because the White House kept calling them in on weekends to discuss news like this, even though it wasn't an emergency. This was 2-3 years ago. Also from the article: > Russo says she is heartened that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has “really started to mobilize and do the right thing,” including linking with state and local health departments, as well as vets, to monitor the health of workers on affected farms. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlights/2023-2024/avian-situation-update-05032024.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlights/2023-2024/avian-... https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/what-cdc-doing-h5n1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/what-cdc-doing-h5n1.htm

HarryHirsch 2y ago
to monitor the health of workers on affected farms Are they really? There's economic incentives against it - the farm owners won't want to know that their herd has bird flu, and the farmworkers, a good chunk of whom are illegal, don't want to know either. And now suddenly, the same government that studiously looked aside wants to count what doesn't want to be counted?
- smt88 2y ago
  The government doesn't ignore illegal immigrants. There was recently a massive fight to keep them in the census, for example. Democrats and career govt officials wanted to keep them.
  - HarryHirsch 2y ago
    Last summer, Governor Pritzker, who is angling for the presidency, pulled back on a health insurance program for illegal immigrants (https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/20/illinois-scaling-back-health-care-benefits-undocumented-immigrants https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/20/illinois-scaling-back-healt...) and became a crusader for abortion. That is now backfiring, such moves do not engender trust with the near-slaves working in agriculture for the nation's food supply. You think someone who can't take off time when sick and doesn't have the money for the doctor will cooperate?

by smt88 2y ago

HarryHirsch 2y ago

to monitor the health of workers on affected farms Are they really? There's economic incentives against it - the farm owners won't want to know that their herd has bird flu, and the farmworkers, a good chunk of whom are illegal, don't want to know either. And now suddenly, the same government that studiously looked aside wants to count what doesn't want to be counted?

smt88 2y ago
The government doesn't ignore illegal immigrants. There was recently a massive fight to keep them in the census, for example. Democrats and career govt officials wanted to keep them.
- HarryHirsch 2y ago
  Last summer, Governor Pritzker, who is angling for the presidency, pulled back on a health insurance program for illegal immigrants (https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/20/illinois-scaling-back-health-care-benefits-undocumented-immigrants https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/20/illinois-scaling-back-healt...) and became a crusader for abortion. That is now backfiring, such moves do not engender trust with the near-slaves working in agriculture for the nation's food supply. You think someone who can't take off time when sick and doesn't have the money for the doctor will cooperate?