Subj : Re: Tariffs = Lower Price
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Fri Mar 21 2025 12:39:59

 MP> > I just don't buy the "close quarters" story. All chickens live in close
 MP> > quarters. I don't believe that there's a farmer who gives each chicken t
 MP> > own apartment, not even in Canada. A sneeze can travel a long distance, 
 MP> > further than the space that any chicken has to herself.
 MP> 
 MP> No, not like they do at the big farms here.  Much like the Chinese wet
 MP> markets, these chickens are kept in small cages right next to each other.
 MP> "Free range" chickens, while they are not always 6 feet apart, are not
 MP> kept caged up close to each other for long periods.
 MP> 
 MP> The other problem I have heard mentioned is that there is not really any
 MP> genetic diversity in the US chicken flock.  They are all bread for
 MP> maximum egg laying.  As such, other genetic qualities that might make
 MP> them more resistant to certain diseases may not exist.

There's a lot of statistical information involved with all of this. Statistically the chickens in Canada are less cramped, statistically they're less likely to spread a virus, and statistically there's less migratory birds in Canada, but that's too many statistics to swallow. But despite all these statistics, it's still statistically impossible for bird flu to not exist in Canada while it's "rampantly infecting American chickens."

 MP> This all said, after several trips to the grocery over the past month, I
 MP> do believe there might be some conspiracy going on.  Here in my town, I
 MP> am not able to find the regular sized Cadbury creme eggs anywhere!!!  :O
 MP> They only have the bite-sized ones, and the only regular sized ones are
 MP> carmel!
 MP> I suspect that Canada is somehow behind this!  :D

CC: Trump, Vance, Musk :)

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