Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

I could be wrong but I'd assume that any "flu" is spread to humans primarily through the air. And if you live in some kind of a "bird
region" (lol) then you're probably "40% more likely to contract bird
flu."

That idea only works if the idea of virology works. And virology has been completely debunked.

+ No virus was ever isolated.
+ No virus was ever shown to be contageous.
+ They had to make up the idea of "asymptomatic" people to cover up the fact that people "had the virus" but showed no illness.

But seriously, I didn't know the guy had birds. But who keeps birds in their backyard? I mean, unless they're chickens?

There's birds all over everyone's backyards around here.

But if you put a bunch of birds in one place, you get... lots of bird droppings. And unless there's some mechanism of cleaning that mess up on a regular basis, you get unsanitary conditions.

And what happens to people in unsanitary conditions? They get ill.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of birds in his backyard" and that made me laugh.

I thought it would have been the part of him yelling "Get the flock out of my yard!"


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Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of bi in
his backyard" and that made me laugh.

Yeah, that gives the impression that he just happened upon some birds.

While I don't think bird flu is contagious in this manner, if you have a back yard where lots of wild birds congregate (and therefore also poo), there are diseases you can catch from them even if they do fly away every time they see you.

I could be wrong but I'd assume that any "flu" is spread to humans primarily through the air. And if you live in some kind of a "bird region" (lol) then you're probably "40% more likely to contract bird flu."

But seriously, I didn't know the guy had birds. But who keeps birds in their backyard? I mean, unless they're chickens?

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There's birds all over everyone's backyards around here.

But if you put a bunch of birds in one place, you get... lots of bird droppings. And unless there's some mechanism of cleaning that mess up
on a regular basis, you get unsanitary conditions.

And what happens to people in unsanitary conditions? They get ill.

There's birds everywhere. Even in the desert. I haven't seen any state that doesn't have flocks of geese flying (and hanging around) all over the place.

But how can the droppings make people sick? Wouldn't the droppings have to dry out and become airborne to infect people?

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

But how can the droppings make people sick? Wouldn't the droppings have
to dry out and become airborne to infect people?

I think it's easier to give you an example. In my area, we have a popular bike trail. It runs through an area that gets lots of geese during the migration times. Needless to say, unless we get alot of rain, the trail has lots of droppings.

Now, imagine a cyclist running through that. No fenders on his bike. He may not even notice getting small bits into his mouth/lungs.

Imagine a jogger running through it. Even if he avoids the obvious piles he will still pick up some. He takes off his shoes at home and rubs his itchy eye.

And, to use a leftist joke, "Think of the children!" You know that they like to get into everything - especially if they shouldn't - and put their dirty hands in their mouths all the time.

If the geese weren't there is it 100% clean? Of course not. But the odds are much higher when there's lots of geese dropping than when there isn't.


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But how can the droppings make people sick? Wouldn't the droppings ha to dry out and become airborne to infect people?

If the geese weren't there is it 100% clean? Of course not. But the
odds are much higher when there's lots of geese dropping than when there isn't.

I just can't get scared of goose droppings. I'm more paranoid about being inside a movie theater.

But I don't doubt that Democrats have a to-do list that includes making goose droppings more dangerous than they ought to be.

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Movie theaters are far cleaner. But we don't go much anyway because Hollywood only produced crap.

I took my kids to see the new lion king movie and the Regal Cinema smelled like a landfill. They don't take the trash out until the end of the day, I guess. It was disgusting and we sat in that room for 2 hours.

But wait! There are the evil PFAS chemicals in the ground. We need to fence off the land (making a nice quiet place for geese to congregate) then pay some company to dig it all up and put in "drainage" so that the evil PFAS stuff can be washed away.

That's what you call a piece of land that's "full of potential." There's a former IBM building near me that supposedly contains some kind of contaminant that "causes Parkinsons disease." I don't believe it, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to find out that they were right the hard way. (That's how they get us.)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I took my kids to see the new lion king movie and the Regal Cinema
smelled like a landfill. They don't take the trash out until the end of the day, I guess. It was disgusting and we sat in that room for 2
hours.

Ick! The theaters that we (rarely) go to don't have those problems. But I see your point now.

Theaters that did that around my area wouldn't be in business too long. But, then, I don't see how they stay in business now.

That's what you call a piece of land that's "full of potential."
There's a former IBM building near me that supposedly contains some
kind of contaminant that "causes Parkinsons disease." I don't believe
it, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to find out that they were
right the hard way. (That's how they get us.)

But for that, I woudn't care unless the gov't was paying for the clean up. Then I would have lots of questions for them.


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That's what you call a piece of land that's "full of potential." There's a former IBM building near me that supposedly contains some kind of contaminant that "causes Parkinsons disease." I don't believe it, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to find out that they were right the hard way. (That's how they get us.)

But for that, I woudn't care unless the gov't was paying for the clean
up. Then I would have lots of questions for them.

We have this other building that's been sitting vacant since 1981 (or something like that.) There was a fire that supposedly "released harmful PCBs," so the building just sits there. And that one is owned by the city.

The city spent $53 million dollars on a cleanup attempt, but I guess that attempt failed. I don't know where they get those numbers or that money from, but our schools still have hvac, plumbing, and parking issues that "we can't afford to fix" and "there's no money for field trips" either. (Just lots of money to spend on unused buildings.)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

We have this other building that's been sitting vacant since 1981 (or something like that.) There was a fire that supposedly "released
harmful PCBs," so the building just sits there. And that one is owned
by the city.

The city spent $53 million dollars on a cleanup attempt, but I guess
that attempt failed. I don't know where they get those numbers or that money from, but our schools still have hvac, plumbing, and parking
issues that "we can't afford to fix" and "there's no money for field trips" either. (Just lots of money to spend on unused buildings.)

When I hear that, what I really hear is "We want to funnel tax dollars into this process of 'cleaning up' this building so that our buddys company can get the money and give us kick backs."

They can do that with the schools because that spending is public record.


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The city spent $53 million dollars on a cleanup attempt, but I guess that attempt failed. I don't know where they get those numbers or tha money from, but our schools still have hvac, plumbing, and parking issues that "we can't afford to fix" and "there's no money for field trips" either. (Just lots of money to spend on unused buildings.)

When I hear that, what I really hear is "We want to funnel tax dollars into this process of 'cleaning up' this building so that our buddys company can get the money and give us kick backs."

They can do that with the schools because that spending is public record.

Don't underestimate the power of greedy leftists. The schools waste millions too. Just not $53 million in 1 day like the city did :)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

Don't underestimate the power of greedy leftists. The schools waste millions too. Just not $53 million in 1 day like the city did :)

But school funding is public record. So you can see where the money comes
from and where it goes. That's opposed to the "business deals" that the
gov't does with a private company.


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Don't underestimate the power of greedy leftists. The schools waste millions too. Just not $53 million in 1 day like the city did :)

Or greedy politicians in general. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.


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