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VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ

"H5N1 is adapting to new mammalian hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans."

nature.com/articles/d41586-025

In case it's not clear by now, biosecurity measures either aren't being taken seriously or are useless. Considering the various responses that I've seen over the last year, with my confirmation bias of course, serious biosecurity is bad for the animal farming business short-term profit goals.

www.nature.comWill bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is risingH5N1 is adapting to new mammalian hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans.
#h5n1#birdFlu#avianInfluenza
VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ

It's super annoying how hard it is to point out

"Averting wildlife-borne infectious disease epidemics requires a focus on socio-ecological drivers and a redesign of the global food system"

thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

Figure 2 Tropical deforestation and overhunting as drivers of wildlife-origin zoonotic disease transmission The figure is too complex to summarize, but it shows a type of spectrum (from left to right) of mixing with wild on one side and dense urban on the other. <💬> A global shift to predominantly plant-based diets has therefore been identified as crucial to reduce GHG emissions129,136,137 and biodiversity loss.138,140 These diets, sometimes referred to as ‘flexitarian diets’, are informed by current evidence on healthy eating and characterised by large amounts of plant foods (fruit, vegetables, plant source proteins like pulses, nuts and seeds, wholegrains and unsaturated plant oils), modest amounts of animal source proteins (fish, poultry, eggs, dairy), low amounts of red meat (beef, lamb, goat, pork) and processed meat, limited amounts of saturated fats, added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods, and a balanced energy intake.156 As discussed in the previous section, such a dietary shift may contribute to also reducing the risk of wildlife-origin zoonotic disease outbreaks and EID events.76,106 In addition, a transition to more plant-based diets characterised by low shares of livestock source products would generate other important human health,22,156,163,178–182 agronomic and food security183–185 benefits (Figure 3) (see Webappendix 5. The human health, agronomic and food security benefits of predominantly plant-based (flexitarian) diets). </💬>
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VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ

From the same paper mentioned above:

The authors stop at a reducetarian concept and call it "flexitarian". It doesn't have to stop at flexitarianism. The fact that animal flesh and fluids aren't necessary becomes more self-evident the less they are consumed and replaced with plant-based foods (preferably less processed).

Figure 3 Benefits of a global shift to a plant-based (flexitarian) diet The authors discuss the benefits of scaling down animal consumption ("flexitarian diet"). They illustrate a healthful mostly plant based diet inverted pyramid (WFPB at the top layer and mammalian meat at the bottom), with a green globe in the background. Further benefits are illustrated with some abstract icons and texts: - reduced GHG emissions - reduced biodiversity loss - improved human health - reduced risk of #zoonoses
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