That Thanksgiving Turkey Could be Deadly

COVID isn't the only bug to be worried about this holiday season

I won’t give you my annual spiel about the harm caused by the mass meat production industry on global climate, regional environment and workers. I’ll save that for the next Earth Day, which marks 15 years of vegetarianism for me and my family.

I also won’t go into why you should disinvite your MAGA uncle, aunt, cousin, etc., though I hope you respect yourself not to surround yourself with bad people on what is supposed to be a day of community.

Fall means increased viral spread, and with the unique challenges of COVID-19, Influenza, H5N1 and a few active outbreaks of food-borne illnesses, this article is more of a public awareness campaign for your holiday planning.

I hope that you’ve heard by now of the highly infectious, deadly H5N1 outbreak that’s been simmering in the United States since 2022.

That slow simmer is now boiling over, and it could spell trouble if you plan to prepare certain kinds of foods for your family this Thanksgiving.

With a 50-60% mortality rate, highly pathogenic A…