Ottawa buys bird flu vaccine for those at risk, such as farm workers exposed to virus
halifax.citynews.ca
The federal government says it has purchased 500,000 doses of a bird flu vaccine as a proactive measure, pointing to guidance that says high-risk people should be prioritized for the shot, such as farm workers exposed to infected animals. The Public Health Agency of Canada says risk to the general public is low and that […]
  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    17·
    3 days ago

    Canada doing anything is making itself look mighty good, against the backdrop of the shitshow across the border…

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
    78·
    3 days ago

    Can we please halt all poultry production for the foreseeable future? Why are we willing to risk countless human lives over an industry we don’t actually need?

    • ColeSloth
      1·
      2 days ago

      That’s quite simply insane. Between the thousands of jobs lost and the massive amount of food shortages it would cause, along with the drop in business from so many places that use poultry or eggs…like, suddenly stopping production of the best source of protein the world eats is asinine.

    • 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚎@h4x0r.host
      12·
      2 days ago

      Can we please halt all human production for the foreseeable future? Why are we willing to risk countless chicken lives over an industry we don’t actually need?