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Our government is creating its own problems. I see nobody talking on _why_ the egg crisis happened. Some incompetent folks at DOGE killed off the workers respo
by h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 2y ago
Our government is creating its own problems.
I see nobody talking on _why_ the egg crisis happened. Some incompetent folks at DOGE killed off the workers responsible for vaccinations against the bird flu. Guess what happened once they were fired: birds got the bird flu.
That's the point of right wing governments. Spin it around and point fingers at the fault of others who weren't even involved. As long as you can paint a picture of an enemy, you'll stay in power.
- beau_g 2y agoCan you expand on this? Looking this up, most sources I find indicate the bird flu outbreak began in 2022[1], with a new strain particularly affecting egg producing chickens in Sept 2024[2], and affects many countries, not just the US [1]https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html [2]https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/us-egg-prices-see-largest-jump-1980-bird-flu-outbreaks-continue https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/us-egg-prices-see-...
- cookiengineer 2y agoI was a bit sceptical at first, but grandparent's claims seem to be true, at least in regards to the firing/rehiring part. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjev24184vjo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjev24184vjo [2] https://apnews.com/article/usda-firings-doge-bird-flu-trump-fdd6495cbe44c96d471ae8c6cf4dd0a8 https://apnews.com/article/usda-firings-doge-bird-flu-trump-... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/agriculture-department-fires-bird-flu-vaccine-workers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/agriculture-... [4] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/usda-accidentally-fired-officials-bird-flu-rehire-rcna192716 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/usda-accidentally-fire... [5] original source? https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/trump-fired-bird-flu-hires-00206334 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/trump-fired-bird-fl...
- nielsole 2y agoIs that so? Looking at the table it seems this goes back to before Trump inauguration: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/data-map-commercial.html https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/data-map-comm... My understanding is that upon a detection the entire flock is killed. A contributing factor why the US is disproportionately affected is the large flock size.
- bigthymer 2y ago> My understanding is that upon a detection the entire flock is killed I heard something like the avian flu spreads so fast that once one bird in a flock is detected to have the disease, it will eventually spread to the whole flock within 3 days.
- xboxnolifes 2y agoWorse, if my memory serves me right, even neighboring flocks are killed in attempt to preemptively prevent the spread.
- jacknews 2y agothe egg situation isn't because of bird flu, although that's a factor it's a monopoly problem