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Date: June 30, 2020 at 21:42:49
From: Mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: The Rabbit Outbreak |
URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/the-rabbit-outbreak?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_063020&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5e1bea14fbd297697257543e&cndid=59656749&hasha=351514183cdf91933c76657824d59a45&hashb=51987 |
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But nothing can help the wild
rabbits. Some vaccines, such as
the one for rabies, can be
distributed to wild animals by
putting them out as food, but
the vaccine for the rabbit-
hemorrhagic-disease virus has to
be given by injection and
repeated every year. The concern
is not only that many wild
rabbits could be lost; what
happens to them reverberates in
other animals, including foxes
and bobcats and wolves and
hawks, since rabbits are their
chief protein source. “Once they
run out of rabbits,” Zimmerman
said, “cats and poodles will
become their preferred food.”
Or, if there aren’t enough
wayward cats and poodles to go
around, they’ll starve.
In the past three months, RHDV2
has shown up in seven Western
states. Now that it has jumped
to wild rabbits, most
veterinarians I’ve spoken to
believe that it’s here to stay,
and that the U.S.D.A. should
change its designation from a
foreign animal disease to one
that’s endemic. There have been
a few lucky breaks. For
instance, the big rabbit shows
scheduled for the spring, which
would have brought together tens
of thousands of rabbits—a recipe
for contagion—were cancelled
because of covid-19.
Nevertheless, RHDV2 is advancing
unabated.
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Date: July 01, 2020 at 18:33:58
From: blindhog 6th sense, [DNS_Address]
Subject: That was A Scary Article. I Wonder if it Could Jump to Raccoons,... |
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...or any other forest type animal.
Since covid, I wonder if China is messing with the
virus in Wuhan? Since their unconscionable behavior
regarding covid, I wouldn't trust them about anything.
As a matter of fact, I hope ALL OUR MEDICINES AND
SUPPLEMENTS are now made in the USA instead of China.
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Date: July 06, 2020 at 22:18:31
From: Mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Grow your own |
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The best thing to do is grow
your own goji berries for Vit C,
your own greens, and herbs, and
even spirulina for extra
nutritious food.
There are several sites on all
of these. Goji berries can be
raised in containers, spirulina
in a fish tank. We have to get
creative. Even if Vitamins are
made here, there is no guarantee
they will be what you want.
Learn to do wild mushroom
hunting if you don't have your
own space. There are many
resources to learn all of these,
so many I can't choose for you,
just decide what you need and
grow it.
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