Subj : Re: Tariffs = Lower Price
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Thu Mar 20 2025 12:28:47

 MP> The chickens must have had some contact with migratory birds.  If you've
 MP> ever been on a farm, migratory birds are all around, even in the barns. 
 MP> I would assume that they can get into the barns at the egg farms, too.

That's what my assumption is also. The facilities can have doors that close, but even places like Walmart get birds flying in once in a while.

 MP> Once a "close quarters" chicken gets the flu, all of the other chickens
 MP> in that area could have it.

I just don't buy the "close quarters" story. All chickens live in close quarters. I don't believe that there's a farmer who gives each chicken their own apartment, not even in Canada. A sneeze can travel a long distance, way further than the space that any chicken has to herself.

David Muir can totally say otherwise with a straight face though.

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