Mark Ungrin

Mark Ungrin

@mark_ungrin · Twitter ·

An absolutely critical read. The exact same failures of intelligence and integrity endemic to public health leadership on COVID are being duplicated here. Frontline vets and the public are being sold out by people playing politics at the top. "Speaking with a single voice"? 🐂💩

VANITY FAIR

VANITY FAIR

@vanityfair · Twitter ·

When dairy cows in Texas began falling ill with H5N1, alarmed veterinarians expected a fierce response to contain an outbreak with pandemic-sparking potential. Then politics—and, critics say, a key agency’s mandate to protect dairy-industry revenues—intervened. For VF, @KatherineEban reports on the bungled bird flu response: https://vanityfair.visitlink.me/yoX78F

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Post media Post media Rather than moving forcefully to contain and eradicate the virus in dairy cows, critics say, the USDA has tried to control the narrative and spread the message that everything is just fine, actually. In June, Eric Deeble of the USDA told scientific experts on a private phone call, “In the words of the secretary, ‘It’s just going to burn itself out,’” according to an attendee’s handwritten notes, which were obtained by Vanity Fair.