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RFK Jr. Suggests Letting Bird Flu Spread (www.usnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I guess that would succeed in killing off a bunch of the elderly and infirmed, which be a huge savings to Medicare and social Security, so it's a win-win right?

/S if it wasn't implied already

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

also their largest voting base

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, they don't need to vote anymore

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

yay!

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hahahaha you're assuming we get to vote again in 4 years.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

hahahaha 😅🔫

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

That is exactly how the Nazis in charge are thinking about this. They assume they'll make it through because they're constitutionally superior, while the weak die and are no longer a burden on the Übermenschen.