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Avian influenza. or stop eating beef

chuffer

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After reading the articles I don’t understand the reference to eating beef? Perhaps stop eating dairy products, but beef doesn’t seem to be relevant. Maybe that’s the punchline, maybe I am bot seeing the connection. In the age of fake news I literally never fucking know…

What is “concerning” is that the USDA and CDC seem to be withholding data from the experts who can do more advanced genome analysis and tracking. WTF is that about besides government gonvernmenting…?
 

jstuhlman

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After reading the articles I don’t understand the reference to eating beef? Perhaps stop eating dairy products, but beef doesn’t seem to be relevant. Maybe that’s the punchline, maybe I am bot seeing the connection. In the age of fake news I literally never fucking know…

What is “concerning” is that the USDA and CDC seem to be withholding data from the experts who can do more advanced genome analysis and tracking. WTF is that about besides government gonvernmenting…?
bird flu is currently spreading in dairy cattle
 

DaveW

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I believe his point is that nobody eats a dairy cow. Except possibly the family dog.
Nope.... why do you think franchise burger joints are so cheap?
Hint, they cut every corner and the cheaper they can buy the meat/buns/condiments the better, as long as the product quality won't cause sudden death, it's all good to go in the burger.
 

chuffer

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bigger point tho is that if it's spreading easily in dairy cattle right now the jump to other types of cattle herds seems fairly easy, no?
No. Not necessarily. Thus my wondering why the CDC and USDA are holding back information. As of now there seem to be no reports of it in beef cattle. How hard is it to make the jump from one cattle genetic to another? I don’t know, but there is absolutely genetic variability within a single spcies. Susceptibility to disease is a genetic trait. Some cattle may be totally immune. Full disclosures of the known cases might help with this type of question…
 

jonKranked

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No. Not necessarily. Thus my wondering why the CDC and USDA are holding back information. As of now there seem to be no reports of it in beef cattle. How hard is it to make the jump from one cattle genetic to another? I don’t know, but there is absolutely genetic variability within a single spcies. Susceptibility to disease is a genetic trait. Some cattle may be totally immune. Full disclosures of the known cases might help with this type of question…
Ah yes, the leading geneticists in the country - the USDA.
 

jonKranked

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Haha. Yeah, right, but not. The article says that they are withholding metadata (dates, locations I assume) that will help the actual experts.
However, many of those sequences lack descriptive metadata, which normally contains basic and key bits of information, like when and where the viral sample was taken. Outside experts don't have that crucial information, making independent analyses frustratingly limited. Thus, the new USDA analysis—which presumably includes that data—offers the best-yet glimpse of the complete information on the outbreak.
you're reading too far between the lines. given its the USDA, i highly doubt they are deliberately withholding it, most likely scenario is that the metadata was either lost, or was simply not collected in the first place.
 

chuffer

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you're reading too far between the lines. given its the USDA, i highly doubt they are deliberately withholding it, most likely scenario is that the metadata was either lost, or was simply not collected in the first place.
Heh. Literally almost edited my post to say that same thing.