Avian Flu - What's the Biggest Problem?

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In the past, egg production was widely distributed across the country. Now there's one variety of bird that is dominant in US egg production. That means flu varieties can spread quickly and mutate rapidly. Tom Zoellner: "I think that really is the biggest problem"

Poultry farmers are in flock-down. The bird flu known as H5N1 is being called “the largest foreign animal disease outbreak in US history.” Vox’s Benji Jones and Johns Hopkins University researcher Tom Philpott say the virus underscores the poultry industry’s shortcomings.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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