Bird flu cases are likely being missed in dairy workers, experts say (www.nbcnews.com)

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Experts maintain the milk supply is safe. Their focus is on keeping the people who work with cows from getting sick.

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[-] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

“The biggest concern that we hear our dairy farmers say is, ‘I don’t want to test because they’re going to depopulate my herd,’” he said. “Misinformation out there is really challenging because that’s really not the case.”

Feel like I've he[a]rd this before.

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