BIRD FLU 4 DAYS
The Trump administration us sucking up the entire news cycle, but something is percolating underneath in America that is extremely disturbing. The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association just released a 4-day synopsis of exterminated chickens and it's unnerving. This is 4 days, folks.
Weekly Disease Update 2/4-2/10
POULTRY CASES
2/4/25: Dauphin Co., PA, Commercial Egg Layer, 1,975,300
Adams Co., PA, WOAH Non-Poultry, 30
Mercer Co., OH, Commercial Turkey (x3), 27,300
Mercer Co., OH, Egg Pullets, 88,300
Mercer Co., OH, Egg Layers, 96,700
Darke Co., OH, Commercial Turkey, 5,400
Queens Co., NY, Live Bird Market, 1,100
Bronx Co., NY, Live Bird Market, 100
Newton Co., MO, Commercial Turkey, 13,600
Lawrence Co., MO, Commercual Turkey Breeder, 14,300
Jasper Co., MO, Commercial Turkey, 49,500
Alpena Co., MI, WOAH Non-Poultry, 8
Worcester Co., MD, Commercial Broiler, 201,600
Harvey Co., KS, WOAH Non-Poultry, 50
2/5/25: Cumberland Co., PA, Commercial Broiler, 26,400
Mercer Co., OH, Egg Layers, 174,600
Mercer Co., OH, Commercial Turkey, 8,900
Auglaize Co., OH, Commercial Turkey, 11,000
Queens Co., NY, Live Bird Market, 520
Kings Co., NY, Live Bird Market, N/a
Larimer Co., CO, WOAH Non-Poultry, 10
Stanislaus Co., CA, Commercial Turkey, 30,200
Pinal Co., AZ, WOAH Non-Poultry, N/A
2/6/25: Lebanon Co., PA, Egg Layers, 86,000
Lancaster Co., PA, Commercial Duck, 40,000
Lancaster Co., PA, WOAH Poultry, 14,900
Mercer Co., OH, Egg Layers, 232,600
Mercer Co., OH, Commercial Turkey (x2), 30,000
Darke Co., OH, Egg Layers, 522,200
Queens Co., NY, Live Bird Market, 200
Bronx Co., NY, Live Bird Market, n/a
Newton Co., MO, Commercial Broiler, 44,400
Lawrence Co., MO, Commercial Turkey, 9,500
New London, CT, WOAH Non-Poultry, 20
2/7/25: Lebanon Co., PA, Commercial Broiler, 53,500
Lancaster Co., PA, WOAH Poultry, 610
Mercer Co., OH, Egg Layers (x2), 485,200
Mercer Co., OH, Commercial Turkey, 4,100
Calcasieu Co., LA, WOAH Non-Poultry, 10
If you're still with me, you realize that even a cursory look at this list indicates we are in a strange place with agriculture and food. As far as I know, here is the situation:
The USDA head of the bird flu program now says it's ubiquitous--in the air, everywhere.
The USDA is using the widely discredited PCR test (yes, the same as for COVID) to determine what chickens and turkeys (and now dairy cows) have it.
The PCR test is a bit like a virus microscope and you can adjust the magnification (called "cycles") to find smaller and smaller bits and pieces. Massachusetts Dept. of Ag, to my knowledge, is the only state that has officially and publicly said anything above 30 cycles is fraudulent. In other words, you can magnify until you find parts anywhere--on your eating utensils, in your hair, and certainly in feathers. The USDA is using 45 cycles.
In other words, when you get particle size low enough, you can find almost anything anywhere. Kind of like the Russians who said "show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." In other words, if you want to arrest someone, we have enough rules to find something he offended.
Finally, realize that anyone who grows plants and animals knows that to strengthen genetics, you save, cultivate, and breed the survivors of a disease; you don't exterminate the specimens with immune systems vibrant enough to overcome the disease. The blanket extermination, even of the immune chickens, is probably one of the most asinine protocols ever foisted upon the food system.
I'm not suggesting a conspiracy or some nefarious agenda. I'd rather be naive than inappropriately accusatory. But for the life of me none of this makes sense, and the numbers are overwhelming and shocking. And not even in the news.
What do you think is going on?