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minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】linkEnglish3•7 months agoWe just test the cows so we’ll spot it quickly and hopefully it won’t spread. The threat is a pathogen that either we don’t even know is spreading, or we don’t know how it is spreading. A mutated H5N1 for example.
minus-square@Brickhead92linkEnglish5•7 months agoBut if we test, then maybe we’d have to not produce milk from positive cows for a short amount of time. Then someone might find it a little bit difficult to get milk for their morning cereal, and that would be a minor inconvenience.
We just test the cows so we’ll spot it quickly and hopefully it won’t spread.
The threat is a pathogen that either we don’t even know is spreading, or we don’t know how it is spreading. A mutated H5N1 for example.
But if we test, then maybe we’d have to not produce milk from positive cows for a short amount of time. Then someone might find it a little bit difficult to get milk for their morning cereal, and that would be a minor inconvenience.