Sickened chickens

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🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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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. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A strain of avian flu began spreading in these United States in late 2021.
0:06.0	The CDC was watching the situation unfold, and by March of 2022 it reported the flu had
0:11.0	been found in 14 states.
0:13.0	A month later, 34 states by November 46 states.
0:17.6	It's easy to bimonde higher egg prices, a real consequence of this flu.
0:21.4	But also sort of think this virus is for the birds.
0:24.6	However, it's not.
0:26.1	Not anymore.
0:27.1	Watch where you step, right?
0:31.1	Cover your shoes, it's biosecurity, it's very simple, it's good common sense to say,
0:34.1	where was I?
0:35.1	Was I close to poultry?
0:36.1	Was I close to poultry?
0:38.1	How did we get here?
0:40.1	Yeah, okay, so I don't think you should panic.
0:43.1	Okay, Vox reporter Benji Jones, but we have some questions for you that coming up on today
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