Outbreak at this time of year is suspect

Western Daily Press, 20 November 2024, p. 17

Good heavens! What a coincidence! An Avian ‘flu outbreak just before Christmas!

A time when millions of turkeys, geese, chicken and duck will be bought as part of the seasonal celebrations. Just in time for a shortage and increased prices, especially if similar decisions are made to those when foot and mouth happened, when people with too much power and too little brain made cretinous decisions.

Is this to distract us from the angry protests by the farming community? They know full well that the fragile state of farming in this country means food security and the stewardship of the land is at risk. If farms become unviable, they will be gobbled up by the ultra rich for tax avoidance purposes, or by global food producers, which means massive soil depletion, increased pollutions of our rivers, factory farming, and the nutritional value of food will plummet.

So maybe the Avian flu ‘outbreak’ is just another nudge to push smaller farms and producers over the edge – and no doubt the Government has another ‘safe and effective’ vaccine (experimental gene therapy) waiting in the wings to make its globalist cronies even richer – and do no harm to their own investments.

Karen Jacob

Okehampton, Devon

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