• yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    762·
    6 months ago

    The problem isn’t that we pet birds, it’s that we eat them. Or more specifically we gather them in huge, unsanitary populations in close contact with humans as they are raised and slaughtered.

    This reminds me of how people think AIDS spread from other primates through bestiality, when bushmeat was the correct answer. I guess it’s easier to imagine bestiality than the consequences of carnism.

    *not vegan, Just finding it harder and harder to dismiss them.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
      28·
      6 months ago

      I guess it’s easier to imagine bestiality than the consequences of carnism.

      It’s because we spread HIV within our own population more commonly with sex than cannibalism

    • dogsoahC@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      72·
      6 months ago

      But domesticated birds are not good carriers of influenza, specifically. Unlime wild birds, they do get sick. Otherwise, I totally agree.

  • lugal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    151·
    6 months ago

    Are you implying that pandemics are created by the government and spread by governmental drones?

      • lugal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        When I’m talking about the government, I’m not talking about some shadow government like the Bundesregierung of German or the president of the US. I’m talking about the deep state government

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    9·
    6 months ago

    Isn’t the problem more that it’s now in cows and people in the US are refusing to stop buying it? Even worse, they are buying it on purpose?

    • dogsoahC@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      I think there it’s more the overuse of antibiotics to speed up growth. Idk, I just ripped the info from a lecture. xD

    • flora_explora@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      From what I have read about this whole issue, it is certainly much more complex. Yes, antibiotics overuse in factory farming is certainly dangerous in that it can create antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria that we at some point cannot control. There are also huge problems with viruses in factory farming. Generally it isn’t a good idea to have so many animals close together, it gives much more opportunities for diseases to spread. Especially because the animals that are used have an incredibly low gene pool and are maximally stressed I’d assume.

      But another opportunity for diseases to jump from animals to humans is wild animals. By destroying more and more natural habitats, people also get in closer contact with wild animals. Like covid 19 most likely spread from wild animals to humans. So, habitat and biodiversity loss are also important risk factors increasing the potential for diseases to cross over to humans.

      In my opinion, we should stop keeping animals altogether, as well as plant monocultures and should try to conserve as much habitats as possible.