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New Genetically Modified Chickens Can't Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say


Future chicken cutlets may come from birds that have been genetically modified to resist bird flu, after a breakthrough in Britain announced this week. Researchers have produced chickens that cannot spread avian flu to other chickens, a major step toward protecting birds — and humans — from the deadly virus.
The transgenic cluckers still died from bird flu, however, so there’s still much more to be done before scientists produce a truly flu-free bird.

Generating flu-resistant birds may be more effective than giving vaccinations to an entire flock, said Dr. Laurence Tiley, a veterinarian and lecturer in molecular virology at the University of Cambridge, England, one of the authors of the chicken study. Vaccinated birds may not develop flu, but the virus can still replicate in their bodies and be transmitted to other unvaccinated fowl, he explained in a podcast with the journal Science, which publishes the study tomorrow. Besides, just like with human influenza, there are plenty of strains, and vaccines don’t cover all of them.

Science, Rebecca Boyle, animals, Avian flu, bird flu, chickens, Future of Food, Genetic Engineering, Genetically Modified Food, influenza, livestock, transgenic animalsThe new genetic modification is basically the opposite — birds will still get sick and die, but they won’t pass on the virus to other birds, a major advancement for animals that generally live in very close quarters. The lack of transmission also means the virus will be less likely to spread to people.
“You reduce the likelihood of transmission onto those people who are in contact with them, and therefore reduce the potential of avian flu strains to jump from birds into humans,” he said.


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Fad- January 4th

Is bird apocalypse mere MSM flu hype?

I am seeing an increasing number of reports about birds falling from the sky across the US, in Arkansas, Louisiana and Kentucky, and some unofficial claims from other countries including Sweden as well as others from sketchy sources I don't feel comfortable citing (View a complete "unofficial" map). Japan has recently been put on high alert as "virus has infiltrated bird heavy regions". South Korea has apparently found a dead duck infected with a highly virulent form of bird flu. When NBC news makes it their headline story however, I am naturally inclined to wonder why they want me to know this, they could easily sit on the story like they could any other, and indeed they would NEVER forewarn people of ay impending catastrophe that was not contrived for the purpose of power and profit. What better way to ratchet up profitable fears of impending doom than to blow a few birds out of the sky with your microwave guns? Theres also the miltary experiment/ cover-up narrative that is catching wind on the anti-fascist (but actually totally fascist!!!) websites like EUTIMES.

Apparently these bird culls are not uncommon, here is a snippet from an article on consumerfood.org which could be its own disinformation, but it sheds some light on the puzzle, namely that governments and private agencies conduct these kind of silent culls all the time. Yet, notice the leading title which presumes that it was fireworks that caused the birds deaths even though this has yet to be proven. Here is a brief snippet of the article linked through the title.

Worse Than Fireworks Deaths? Government Blackbird Poisoning
Martha Rosenberg

"Do wildlife officials feel just a little hypocritical answering media questions about the New Year's Eve blackbird "rain" when they know they kill 200 times that amount a year as "pests"? In 2009 the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), part of USDA, says it poisoned 489,444 red-winged blackbirds in Texas and 461,669 in Louisiana. It also shot 4,217 blackbirds in California, 2,246 in North Dakota and 1,063 in Oregon according to its posted records."

MSM Headlines

Here is NBCs Daily headline which is a dead give away that this is in fact an elaborate psy-op. In addition to the fact that every reporter who talks about the issue injects buzzwords into the debate like apocalypse or bible prophecy, usually in a depricating way, but nonetheless injecting this into the discourse, making people all the more likely to become vaccine junkies. The message is simple, get your flu shot so you don't end up like these birds because the end is nigh and your only saviour is big Opharma. I am leaning towards this being false flag hype, we shall see as the story unfolds.