In contrast to Britain and Europe, American farmers are still allowed to feed cattle and other farm animals ground-up waste from other animals including birds.
Dairy cows across six US states - and at least one farm worker - have become infected with the highly pathogenic virus, which has already killed millions of animals across the globe since 2021.
Comment: Tens of millions have been culled preemptively; how many bird flu itself has actually killed is harder to discern. And it seems the relentless vaccine campaign isn't working: France detects bird flu outbreak on fully vaccinated duck farm
MIT reports: 'Immunization doesn't prevent infection, but it does reduce symptoms.'
Comment: One wonders whether this scaling back has something to do with the, overall, rapidly deteriorating global economic situation: US at risk of 'delayed recession', says analyst who predicted 2008 crash
For an idea as to why it was so widely ridiculed, see: