RFK Jr. Suggests Letting Bird Flu Spread

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

Kennedy recently suggested that instead of culling infected birds, farmers should instead allow the virus to run through flocks to identify naturally immune birds.

"We can identify the birds and preserve the birds that are immune to it,” Kennedy recently told Fox News.

Though Kennedy has no direct control over farms, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has also expressed interest in testing the idea.

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