That's a legal thing. If they didn't destroy it and someone got bird flu from consuming it, they would be legally liable under WHO protocol, as well as the local equivalent.
That's why you quarantine the farm. They did it in the past, and it wasn't even the entire farm. They would destroy the birds in the infected sheds, and quarantine the ones next to it. No sign of bird flu after a certain amount of time and no positive tests, the flocks were spared.
And, legally, they don't have to do even that much. There's no cases of it having jumped from birds to people. Ever. This is just overly cautious bullshit from the time of Jimmy Carter era fear-mongering.
That's why you quarantine the farm. They did it in the past, and it wasn't even the entire farm. They would destroy the birds in the infected sheds, and quarantine the ones next to it.
That makes the most sense, but CDC rules are probably far tougher now because Walensky gets wet from abusing her power.
There's no cases of it having jumped from birds to people.
That's a legal thing. If they didn't destroy it and someone got bird flu from consuming it, they would be legally liable under WHO protocol, as well as the local equivalent.
That's why you quarantine the farm. They did it in the past, and it wasn't even the entire farm. They would destroy the birds in the infected sheds, and quarantine the ones next to it. No sign of bird flu after a certain amount of time and no positive tests, the flocks were spared.
And, legally, they don't have to do even that much. There's no cases of it having jumped from birds to people. Ever. This is just overly cautious bullshit from the time of Jimmy Carter era fear-mongering.
That makes the most sense, but CDC rules are probably far tougher now because Walensky gets wet from abusing her power.
The UK had a few. IIRC they survived.