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Re:CDC confirms first severe human case of bird flu in U.S. by AlexandrB on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:55PM (#42458281)
While you're right, I suspect having the price of meat increase 2-5x will mean that whoever pushes for the elimination of factory farming won't be in power for long enough to "make it stick".
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Re:CDC confirms first severe human case of bird flu in U.S. by alfiedotwtf on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @11:11PM (#42458359)
Plus, people won’t let authorities know their livestock is infected until it spreads further
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Re:CDC confirms first severe human case of bird flu in U.S. by Terr_ on Thursday December 19, 2024 @12:12AM (#42458601)
"If my neighbor is affected too, then they won't be able to undercut me in price later..."

Even if that scenario is very rare, it's interesting to think of how dramatically these discussions would change if we had perfect forensic knowledge for tracing the complex blame/liability.

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