A farm can be out of operation for several months following a mass cull. Cleaning and virus elimination is labor-intensive, and the required waiting period and testing add weeks. For example, during the large 2014–2015 HPAI outbreak, commercial farms took about 111 days on average from the date HPAI was confirmed to the point they were cleared to restock. That is roughly 3.5 to 4 months of downtime, which can deliver significant blows to the food supply chain.
All of this has contributed to what I call the “Mass Culling Cycle of Devastation”: With H5N1 widespread in migratory waterfowl, farms will continue to face reinfection despite repeated culling. Thus, chickens will never develop herd immunity leading to a never-ending cycle of food supply chain disruption and chicken-to-human transmission.
We even proposed an solid approach to end mass culling: Advanced surface-air purification system using Energized Hydrogen Peroxide with iodine-based nasal/oral prophylaxis for workers could replace USDA’s costly, ineffective H5N1 containment strategy:
As mass culling has declined, egg prices have significantly recovered—making food more affordable for millions and sparing countless healthy chickens from unnecessary slaughter:
We proudly claim victory in helping to break the Mass Culling Cycle of Devastation—restoring affordable egg prices, sparing millions of healthy chickens, and proving there are real alternatives. Through relentless advocacy and science-based solutions, we helped shift the response to H5N1. But the fight isn’t over—mass culling remains in the USDA’s playbook. We must keep pushing to permanently end this reckless, failed strategy.
Nearly everything the government has done or continues to do, whether it is related to the covid injections, climate change nonsense, bird flu, or anything else you can think of, is catastrophic. I would not trust anyone in government to take care of a pair of goldfish for the week-end. They & their policies are either ill-considered or downright dangerous & often deadly. Incredibly, however bone-headed their policies are, they keep forging ahead, either completely obvious to the carnage they have left in their wake, or determined to keep doing the same thing, over & over again, knowing full-well that they are harming people.
Even more important, RFK Jr. tried to stop the Canadian government from culling 400 ostriches after it became apparent that their 3-lb. pound eggs could produce antibodies against almost anything, including COVID-19. Story here: https://integrate.substack.com/p/the-ostrich-a-pillar-of-support-for
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Nearly everything the government has done or continues to do, whether it is related to the covid injections, climate change nonsense, bird flu, or anything else you can think of, is catastrophic. I would not trust anyone in government to take care of a pair of goldfish for the week-end. They & their policies are either ill-considered or downright dangerous & often deadly. Incredibly, however bone-headed their policies are, they keep forging ahead, either completely obvious to the carnage they have left in their wake, or determined to keep doing the same thing, over & over again, knowing full-well that they are harming people.
Even more important, RFK Jr. tried to stop the Canadian government from culling 400 ostriches after it became apparent that their 3-lb. pound eggs could produce antibodies against almost anything, including COVID-19. Story here: https://integrate.substack.com/p/the-ostrich-a-pillar-of-support-for