Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss
We might have just rung in a new year, but it feels like an epidemiological Groundhog Day. Nearly five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, public health experts are once again sounding the alarm. This time, it’s the H5N1 virus — also known as avian influenza, or bird flu — that’s causing concern. Even though federal officials have had ample time to stymie the spread…