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autotldr t1_iy8reqv wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 63%. (I'm a bot)

> Half of the free range turkeys produced for Christmas in the UK have been culled or have died due to bird flu, an industry chief has told MPs. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, said that 600,000 out of about 1.3 million free range birds had been lost.

> There are expected to be supply issues regarding free range turkeys as a result, but farmers say they are not sure if there will be price rises.

> Defra and the British Poultry Council stress the issue is with free range turkeys, and there are no issues about supplies of other birds.

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wookie_cookies t1_iybupqh wrote

Can you burn off the bird flu in a 400 degree oven? Asking for a friend

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Ceratisa t1_iy8q7s4 wrote

Sad pre-dinner fate for these little gobblers

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joefred111 t1_iy8sbrb wrote

Juuuuust missed Turkey Day.

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MarkAnchovy t1_iycqgf5 wrote

This is the UK, where thanksgiving doesn’t exist and Turkey is the most common meal on Christmas Day.

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Ceratisa t1_iy8thvh wrote

Turkey is very popular in American Christmas celebrations as well.

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[deleted] t1_iy8va2n wrote

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anti-DHMO-activist t1_iy8zxja wrote

Are you trying to allude to something about that being weird?

Obviously those viruses get insanely bad during those times, that's when the birds in the northern hemisphere fly south during the winter.

Which is also why bird flu is so problematic, since birds are basically plane passengers.

Oil price is a very different thing and the pricing doesn't really have anything to do with reality. It's priced as high as the market can pay - no matter if a tanker goes down or not. Especially since they are typically similarly changed worldwide, which a tanker simply doesn't affect.

Oil is a disgusting example of what happens when international cartels have the power over a commodity.

Side note, regarding "what the market can pay": In germany, we're currently paying 1.75€ per liter. Something like 7€ per US gallon. That's what will arrive in your country at some point too, so better get ready now and change to an electric car and heating via heatpump if possible.

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