Bird Flu: Gov. Hochul Drives Up Egg Costs, Stokes Panic w/ Shutdown of NYC Poultry Markets
New York Governor Kathy Hochul stoked new worries by shutting down New York City poultry markets that further drove up the sky-high cost of eggs and chicken. Seven cases of bird flu were reported to have been detected. Hochul admitted that there was no immediate threat to public health and that the temporary closure of bird markets was due to an abundance of caution. No cases of bird flu have been detected among humans in New York.
The CDC claims that there are 67 confirmed cases of bird flu in humans, but the tests are flawed and it has yet to be proven that viruses cause disease.
More than 156 million birds nationwide have reportedly been affected by the outbreak, many at large farming operations that have had to slaughter their entire flocks. A separate strain of bird flu has also reportedly been detected in cows, raising the prospect of a major nationwide meat shortage that could undermine Trumps efforts to drive down inflation.
