Could we potentially be on the cusp of the worst public health crisis that the world has ever seen? One that would dwarf the COVID-19 “plandemic” by leaps and bounds? Things are definitely looking scary out there, especially in the state of California. A brand new report from the Los Angeles Times has revealed that the avian flu, H5N1, which has been knocking off cattle all over the United States, has hit new levels of awful. Especially when you take into consideration that California produces more dairy than any other state in the country.
The more herds are impacted by this brutal disease, the higher the prices will go for dairy products. However, the big worry is if H5N1 mutates and starts being passed from human to human. Panic will ensue as this disease is super deadly and things will deteriorate very quickly.
And the truth is, none of this was supposed to happen. Experts told us that even though millions of birds were dying from the illness, it wouldn’t spread widely among mammals. It is now. In fact, so many cows are keeling over from it they are “stacked along roadsides rotting in the heat” in some places around California.
A dystopian scene is emerging in California as dairy farmers battle a ruthless disease. Dead cows and calves stacked along roadsides rotting in the heat surrounded by crows, vultures and thick swarms of black flies. After wiping out tens of millions of birds worldwide, the H5N1 avian flu is tearing through dairy farms in the US.
According to the Los Angeles Times things are really bad in Tulare County.
There’s a sickness hovering over Tulare County‘s dairy industry.
On a recent 98-degree afternoon, dead cows and calves were piled up along the roadside. Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
As of this writing, over 124 dairy herds have been ravaged by the avian flu in California. And that’s just that state by itself. We’re not taking into account other states that are experiencing the same kind of outbreak.
So where’s the epicenter of this nightmare? An industry insider says it’s San Joaquin Valley, noting that his drivers “picked up 20 to 30 animals at one farm in one day”
A similar observation was made by Jimmy Andreoli II, spokesman for Baker Commodities, a rendering company with facilities in Southern California. He said his workers are picking up a surge of dead cows throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
“There’s definitely been an increased number of fallen animals lately, and some of that has got to be attributed to the long, hot summer we’ve had. And some of it, you know, certainly is attributed to the H5N1 virus,” he said, noting that one of his drivers picked up 20 to 30 animals at one farm in one day. Andreoli said that at some farms the cows are intentionally being left on the roadside to reduce contamination — preventing further inter-farm spread. At others, the animals are left on-site — but away from live animals and people.
So what happens to the dead cows? Once they are picked up, they are moved to a rendering site where they are processed.
Infected carcasses are being brought to a rendering site – a facility that processes animal remains – to be turned into ‘high protein’ animal feed and fertilizer, or liquids used into used in fuels, paints, varnishes, lubricants and other industrial products. Removing and processing these carcasses eliminates the risk of them passing bird flu onto other animals or humans. California is the nation’s largest dairy producer, and this state currently holds the record for the most bird flu-infected cattle herds in a single state, in addition to a high number of cases among dairy workers.
While the virus mutating and traveling to human beings would be catastrophic, we’ve got a much more pressing issue, and that’s a spike in the cost of dairy products. We all consume a lot of dairy. Milk, cheese, yogurt. That’s just three. If the price goes up higher than it already is, people are going to be spending even more money at the grocery store and that means other bills are going to suffer. Times are tough enough already.
From reports coming out of the state, it doesn’t appear a lot of action is being taken to stop the problem. A veterinarian from California stated she’s seen sick cows and healthy cows standing right next to one another
In a video posted on X, California-based veterinarian Crystal Health shows a cattle pen that appears to contain both sick and healthy cows, with a ‘questionable’ number of them lying down.
‘The sick cows are supposed to be separated from the healthy ones,’ she wrote.
‘Not sure what’s happening here but a lot of the cows were laying down, and some flat out. The rendering truck did come to this facility in the morning, but no dead pile was visible from the road.’
More worrisome is the comments given to the media by a local resident of Tipton, California, who said “lot of people” contracted the avian flu in her area.
“A lot of people have it,” said a woman working behind the cash register at Tipton’s Dollar General, one of the few stores in this small, agricultural community right off Highway 99.
The woman declined to provide her name, explaining her husband is a dairy worker in the country illegally in Tulare County; she said his job is not protected or secure, and she was fearful of retribution.
“So far the symptoms seem pretty mild,” she said. “People can keep working.”
The good news is there’s no evidence right now to suggest H5N1 is passing from person-to-person on a widespread basis. However, if it does start to do so, we’re in big trouble. According to the CDC over half of the humans who have contracted the disease since January 1, 2003 have died from it. Terrifying, right?
Makes COVID look like the common cold.
Let’s pray this doesn’t cross that barrier.
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