Coronaviruses are commonly found in pig populations as PEDV (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus), PRRSV (porcine reproductive and respiratory virus), PDCoV (porcine delta coronavirus), as well as pandemic influenza - swine flu (H1N1) and others. The 1918 virus was H1N1...
So what happens with these recurrent epidemics and pandemics? They try to quell it by "culling" or what we call "killing" en masse, truckfuls and truckfuls of swine. It happened in China right before the SARS-CoV2, summer 2019. Yet here, we are, in 2020.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/millions-of-pigs-culled-across-asia-african-swine-fever-spreads-thailand-
So what happens with these recurrent epidemics and pandemics? They try to quell it by "culling" or what we call "killing" en masse, truckfuls and truckfuls of swine. It happened in China right before the SARS-CoV2, summer 2019. Yet here, we are, in 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/millions-of-pigs-culled-across-asia-african-swine-fever-spreads-thailand-
So what happens with these recurrent epidemics and pandemics? They try to quell it by "culling" or what we call "killing" en masse, truckfuls and truckfuls of swine. It happened in China right before the SARS-CoV2, summer 2019. Yet here, we are, in 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/millions-of-pigs-culled-across-asia-african-swine-fever-spreads-thailand-
When will humanity learn? When 1/3 of our human population is wiped from the Earth? We didn't learn back in 1918, when 20-40 million humans died from pandemic influenza, a number even greater than the total # killed in the first world war. Only a fraction of America is #vegan.
And if you're upset, sorry that I made you upset. However, if you are really upset, then don't shoot the messenger. Make a decision right now to stop consuming those products of cruelty, those animal carcasses that harbor dangerous bacteria. Mass animal slaughter harms US TOO.
OK, let's say that you don't care a bit about animals, the fact they are slaughtered for us, the fact that they are killed en masse when they get viruses en masse, and even the fact that 1/3 of us may die in a pandemic next time. Do you care about workers? https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/09/04/when-were-dead-and-buried-our-bones-will-keep-hurting/workers-rights-under-threat
“When We’re Dead and Buried, Our Bones Will Keep Hurting”

Summary We’ve already gone from the line of exhaustion to the line of pain.… When we’re dead and buried, our bones will keep hurting. —Ignacio Davalos, worker at a Smithfield-owned hog plant, Crete,...

https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/09/04/when-were-dead-and-buried-our-bones-will-keep-hurting/workers-rights-under-threat
Do you even care that USDA inspectors died, and do you care that the animal slaughter industry did NOT lock down and as a result, many workers of color and minorities died of covid, many infections spread to families and communities in those locations that slaughter? Stop buying!
Do you even care that USDA inspectors died, and do you care that the animal slaughter industry did NOT lock down and as a result, many workers of color and minorities died of covid, many infections spread to families and communities in those locations that slaughter? Stop buying!
Do you even care that USDA inspectors died, and do you care that the animal slaughter industry did NOT lock down and as a result, many workers of color and minorities died of covid, many infections spread to families and communities in those locations that slaughter? Stop buying!
Do you even care that USDA inspectors died, and do you care that the animal slaughter industry did NOT lock down and as a result, many workers of color and minorities died of covid, many infections spread to families and communities in those locations that slaughter? Stop buying!
Many, many other instances of slaughter workers' sicknesses exist, including the so-called "pig brain mist illness" - what do you expect inhaling pig brains but autoimmune disease?
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm57e131a1.htm https://www.wired.com/2009/02/pigbrainmystery/
"Pig Brain Mist" Disease Mystery Concludes

More than a year after developing a mysterious neurological disorder eventually linked to their inhalation of aerosolized pig brains, 24 pork plant workers have regained their health. Their recovery,...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm57e131a1.htm
Horrific abuses happen every day, and one of the only news outlets that has any "guts" to report on this is... get this... Rolling Stone magazine. @RollingStone

@vegsource https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/feature-belly-beast-meat-factory-farms-animal-activists/
Animal Cruelty Is the Price We Pay for Cheap Meat | Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone takes you inside the dark underbelly of factory farming in the meat industry.

https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/feature-belly-beast-meat-factory-farms-animal-activists/
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