Years ago just before covid (~2019-2020), I had spent a couple years driving a motorbike all over Vietnam from the south to the north. Nomad life, just living h

Years ago just before covid (~2019-2020), I had spent a couple years driving a motorbike all over Vietnam from the south to the north. Nomad life, just living hotel to hotel. It was an awesome experience and a big part of that is that there is livestock (chickens, cows, goats, pigs) literally hanging out all over the place. One interesting thing I came across was that the further north I went, the fewer random pigs I saw on the streets. Eventually it got to the point where there wasn't any. It was noticeable. Things eventually turned into checkpoints where a local military would stop you, make you get off your motorbike and spray down the wheels and under carriage with some liquid (probably bleach). Asking about this, it was all about trying to limit the spread of some virus infecting all the pigs. Most likely given the regional spread, it came down from China. Googling it now, it was called ASF and killed 86,000 pigs (probably more)... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10310380/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10310380/ https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Vietnam%20African%20Swine%20Fever%20Update_Hanoi_Vietnam_05-08-2021.pdf https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadRepo... https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/5/23-1775_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/5/23-1775_article If the USDA is talking about this... it could very well be a huge deal.