CAFO & Epidemics

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MRSA &  BirdFlu would be a terrible combination. This itemis relevant to concerns that CAFO farming could be an MRSA superspreader

Over the weekend, I found this new report [PDF] by GRAIN that shows that the global poultry farming industry is, as I suspected, the primary cause of H5N1 avian influenza, NOT wild birds and backyard free-range poultry farmers as is so widely reported by the media. Further, this report claims that the probable cause for the increased lethality of the avian influenza virus is a direct result of the horrible conditions perpetuated by poultry industry (as I have stated).

This linked report is quite long, but it is important because it claims that the primary source for avian influenza is, and has been, the commercial poultry industry.

Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted): Avian Influenza: A Story About Industrial Fowl Play?.

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