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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 No, not at all. It's just the continuous stream of "warnings" from our ("I'm from the government and I'm here to help you") official "guardians" that I find tedious and often overblown. Do you have this kind of thing in the UK? |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #3Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 this avian flu is very serious commercially if it gets into birds in the food chain. It arrived in the UK a couple of years ago and it was only last autumn that restrictions were lifted. All hens had to be kept indoors so free range egg production ceased, although they still had more movement than battery hens. This applied to all hens even those small flocks kept in private gardens. The added layers of biosecurity reduced production and increased costs. This combined to drive up the price of eggs and supermarket shelves were often bare a couple of hours after opening. The cheapest eggs were about 10p each and doubled in price. They have come down to about 15p each for the battery produced eggs in the mixed weight boxes of 10. formal briefings on these diseases is important otherwise you end up with the Covid situation where there was so much nonsense spread on social media. In the UK the important message was that eggs and chicken remained safe to eat. I think it is quite sad that there is so much dismissal of "experts" in the world. Seemingly a large cohort of the population would rather trust a hysterical video on Tiktok than read or listen to an evidence based briefing.
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In the U.S. the latest news is that "bird flu" has infected some cows in Texas, but that milk supplies should not be affected due to the pasteurization process. However, there was a report that at least one person caught the flu from working around a cow. When the cows get the flu they act like they have a cold, which will last for about 10 days before they recover.
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #5 The title "expert" is very vague. What is an "expert"? Someone with a degree, working for a pharmaceutical company? A government "spokesperson"? Not to be argumentative, but "experts" once labeled Thalidomide as safe. Look how that turned out... Anyway, the initial impetus for the post was simply that the proliferation of warnings from government sources is outstripping our ability to be concerned about them. These days we turn a blind eye to the long-term damage ultra-processed foods do, but promote the hell out of so-called "anti-obesity" drugs. As if drugs like Ozempic are the solution to obesity. Well, in one way they are, but not the right way. Having the benefit(?) of age, being 77, I've lived through so many "expert opinions" about a multitude of things that when a new one comes along, my response is likely to be..."oh, really?". |
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Zitat von Marco im Beitrag #8 simple search with "Texas avian flu cattle" gets this Reuters report as top hit https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bird-fl...n%20and%20Idaho. it quotes a USDA report
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Speaking of "experts": |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #10 the information in the video does not match the headline but how many people watch all 4.5 minutes? it's clickbait and an abuse of the word expert, which is why I used quotation marks above far too many people have lost the ability to look through a skeptical lens or apply some critical thinking, they just share or retweet a headline we live in an era of mass media that has been enshittified to use a term from Cory Doctorow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification#
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #11Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #10 Exactly! |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #3Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 I will try to remain apolitical, but this “operation” has been going on for decades. Create a scare in the population so people will support ideas that otherwise would never get traction. Doesn’t matter how legitimate the threat is…which actually creates the peril that nobody will believe it when it actually is real (the boy who cried wolf). I think there has been at least 3 “pandemic” scares since 2000…all quickly evaporated as later facts developed. I only took Covid seriously because the media was downplaying the situation…which is the opposite of what the media does. As one of my favorite movie quotes goes, “The guy's an actor! He's reading a script! When they tell you not to panic that's when you run!”
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #11Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #10 Expert is such a flexible term. Basically, it's anyone with "some" credentials that will say what I want to hear and/or willing to pay for. Seriously, it's a major reason why we have professional societies.
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #11Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #10 some of these professional bodies aren't up to much, though. There are plenty where the only entry requirement is paying the fee. Then there are those like mine, where the job title is protected by statute. To get the relevant academic qualification one has to register with the statutory body and complete supervised time in practice. Once qualified one has a further year of formal assessment. In each subsequent year one has to renew registration and evidence continual professional development.
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