May 23, 2021 03:46 AM
https://www.slashgear.com/cdc-says-backy...-22674029/
EXCERPT: . . . Based on interviews with some of the people who contracted the illnesses, the CDC says that backyard poultry — such as ducks and chickens — are the probable cause of this outbreak. Healthy birds can carry the salmonella virus and spread it into their wider environment; people who come in contact with the birds or their habitats may accidentally contract the pathogen and become ill.
As with previous salmonella outbreaks involving backyard chickens, the CDC details several things people can do to reduce their risk of contracting or spreading the germs, including hand washing after touching the chickens and interacting in their environment. As well, the agency advises that kids under the age of five shouldn’t be allowed to touch the birds or their habitat... (MORE - details)
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Overly sheltered and insulated people. Poor kids and their helicopter parents. Unable to get out there regularly in the dirt, leaves, weeds, elements, and develop an actual immune system before the point of no return. We were touching or handling poultry, rabbits, and other livestock before the age of five. (Certainly not recommending it, though. Anyone descended from generations of a family that lived only in towns, cities, or sterile indoors might indeed suffer a calamity even as an adult if the slightest rustic pollen or pathogen passed by.)
EXCERPT: . . . Based on interviews with some of the people who contracted the illnesses, the CDC says that backyard poultry — such as ducks and chickens — are the probable cause of this outbreak. Healthy birds can carry the salmonella virus and spread it into their wider environment; people who come in contact with the birds or their habitats may accidentally contract the pathogen and become ill.
As with previous salmonella outbreaks involving backyard chickens, the CDC details several things people can do to reduce their risk of contracting or spreading the germs, including hand washing after touching the chickens and interacting in their environment. As well, the agency advises that kids under the age of five shouldn’t be allowed to touch the birds or their habitat... (MORE - details)
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Overly sheltered and insulated people. Poor kids and their helicopter parents. Unable to get out there regularly in the dirt, leaves, weeds, elements, and develop an actual immune system before the point of no return. We were touching or handling poultry, rabbits, and other livestock before the age of five. (Certainly not recommending it, though. Anyone descended from generations of a family that lived only in towns, cities, or sterile indoors might indeed suffer a calamity even as an adult if the slightest rustic pollen or pathogen passed by.)