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(1:38) The Flu
(4:12) Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Bird Flu
(12:36) Case Fatality Rates
(16:55) Mammal-to-Mammal Transmission
(19:54) Is H5N1 the Next Pandemic?
(23:39) How Can You Protect Yourself?
(27:59) What’s the Impact?
(32:48) Egg Prices
(41:42) cj’s recommendation: 8-Piece Buckets from KSC!
(43:24) Jeff’s Recommendation: Black Bag
Over the past two decades bird flu has effectively killed over half a billion birds, and seems to be getting worse. In this episode of the Nonsense Big Story, we provide some color on why avian influenza should be a real concern to everyone.
How do the chickens even get the flu? Why are farms killing entire flocks at the first hint of a chicken developing bird flu? And why is not killing the entire flock a terrible idea?
Ok, so it’s just chickens. What about other animals? Have any humans even gotten the bird flu, let alone died from it? What’s the big deal?
And why the hell are eggs so eggspensive?
We’ll try to answer these questions, and probably throw in a Penthouse joke somewhere along the way. Let’s go!
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Wikiwand - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
Wikiwand - Human mortality from H5N1
Wikiwand - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 - Mortality
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infection in Birds and Mammals
Wikiwand - 2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak
Wikiwand - List of mammals that can get H5N1
Temperature Food Safety Guide | culinarycrush
A Practical Guide to Sous Vide Cooking
Exposed: Billionaire Egg Baron Pays Contract Farmers Just 26 Cents Per Dozen | Farm Action
As egg prices soared at the supermarket, so did producer profits - The Washington Post
Are We on the Cusp of a Major Bird Flu Outbreak? | Harvard Medical School
Why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn't : NPR
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