by Nick VolturoSaturday, April 30th 2022
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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — The US recording its first case of the highly contagious bird flu in Humans.
Officials say the man was working on a commercial farm in Colorado when he was directly exposed to the avian flu.
READ MORE | A human tests positive with the avian flu in Colorado
With an outbreak locally in Lancaster County, are people concerned about catching this virus?
A community alarmed with 6 farms impacted, and millions of birds euthanized as the outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu plagues Lancaster County.
Aaron Chernak says it’s just another virus to have to worry about.
“It reminds me of years ago when we had the swine flu, bird flu going around, and we still have the pandemic stuff so that still concerns me.”
Joe Weitzel says he worries this could lead to prices surging at the grocery store.
“If they don’t get this under control, they are going to lose all the birds and that is only going to make inflation worse.”
A half dozen commercial chicken flocks are in peril and more than 3 million birds already destroyed.
James Pinto says he worries about the farmers, who are losing out on their livelihood.
“I really feel for the farmers that have to deal with this, they’re losing out too and that’s a whole lot of revenue that they will never get back.”
The Department of Agriculture is rigorously testing poultry transports, no products are leaving farms where tests results aren’t finalized or when they come back positive.
Pinto says this outbreak will take a toll on the AG industry in Lancaster.
“Lancaster County being such a big agriculture area and brining in birds like that Is a real big concern.”
After the first human testing positive for the avian flu, Pinto and Chernak are being extra cautious.
“If the last few years have taught us anything its don’t underestimate what these little viruses can do,” Pinto says, “we know how much covid went around and avian flu and swine flu are all in the same family, they are all very contagious.”
While others like Doug refuse to chicken out, “I didn’t worry about the covid, I am not going to worry about a couple bird feathers or whatever.”
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