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Speaker 0: You trust Costco with your family's dinner, but their meat undergoes a controversial process that's banned in several countries. Speaker 1: Everyone loves Costco chicken or even that rotisserie chicken from Walmart or your favorite grocery store. But what if that label on that rotisserie bird isn't telling you the whole story? What you're about to learn could change the way that you buy protein forever. Costco chicken is beloved and seen as a great deal. I know this. But recent discussions about preservatives, labeling accuracy, and contamination has put that belief at risk. Guys, look. Speaker 2: Costco is facing a lawsuit over its popular rotisserie chickens. A group of shareholders filed the lawsuit against the company over its treatment in raising chickens. Speaker 0: You trust Costco with your family's dinner, but their meat undergoes a controversial process that's banned in several countries. Most shoppers have no idea this is happening right under their noses. The real question isn't what they're doing. It's why they're allowed to do it. You know that famous $5 rotisserie chicken at Costco? The one that's been the same price since Obama was president? Well, there's a juicy secret they don't want you knowing about. Speaker 1: They label it as no preservatives, guys. And this goes hand in hand with Walmart and your probably your favorite grocery store. This is what I would call a huge scandal. There's a reason why those chickens have been four ninety nine since 2009. It's to get you in the store. It's to get you to spend a ton of money, and they've cut a lot of corners to make sure that it's cheap and easy to produce for you. Welcome, guys. My name's Cohen from Riverside Homestead. What I do is I give you guys value. I do the digging so you don't have to do it. So if you appreciate that, hit the thumbs up right now. Let the community know where you're chiming in from, what state, and let me crush your dreams on rotisserie chicken like ugh. Trust me. I know. So watch. This chicken is labeled as no preservatives, guys. And this goes hand in hand with Walmart and your probably your favorite grocery store. This is what I would call a huge scandal. There's a reason why those chickens have been four ninety nine since 2009. It's to get you in the store. It's to get you to spend a ton of money, and they've cut a lot of corners to make sure that it's cheap and easy to produce for you. Welcome, guys. My name's Cohen from Riverside Homestead. What I do is I give you guys value. I do the digging so you don't have to do it. So if you appreciate that, hit the thumbs up right now. Let the community know where you're chiming in from, what state, and let me crush your dreams on rotisserie chicken like ugh. Trust me. I know. So watch. This chicken is labeled as no preservatives, organic, healthy as it gets. We've talked about this before on this channel. Loopholes. Speaker 0: Costco injects every single rotisserie chicken with a phosphate solution before it hits those warming lights. Think you're buying pure chicken? Think again. You're paying for water with a side of poultry. This liquid injection makes each bird weigh significantly more, So you're essentially buying a sponge that's been soaked in chemical juice. Speaker 1: Did you guys know that these chickens are only about six weeks old because of everything that they pump into them? It's a marketing ploy to get you through the door for the cheap chicken and buy everything else. And there's active lawsuits right now. This is especially bred chicken in horrible conditions. Speaker 3: Grown and fattened on likely corn and soy that's GMO to create this chicken in six weeks that you're eating. They take it to a mass slaughter house where they dip it in chlorine and other toxins to make it safe, and it's leaving those residues on the chicken. And this bird isn't just seasoned with normal herbs and spices. They have preservatives in here like sodium phosphate that's linked to liver and kidney damage and carrageenan, which can degrade into polygenin, which is a known inflammatory agent and possible carcinogen. Speaker 1: Yeah. I found information on that from another doctor. Speaker 4: Doctor Tanya, what's one thing you never buy from the grocery store? Rotisserie chicken. Why? The bag the chicken is stored in is plastic, and it leaches chemicals that get into the food when it's sitting under the heat. Most stores inject the chickens with additives so that they can last on the shelf longer. Chickens are often marinated in a preservative solution. We opt for preservative free cosmetics, and then we're eating preservative infested chicken. And carrageenan. This is a chemical that precooked poultry is injected with to make it tender and juicy, but guess what? It can also inflame the gut. Carrageenan is banned in Europe, but not in The United States. Speaker 1: Yet again, another ingredient item banned in other countries, but allowed in The US. I know we love it because it's such a good deal. It's cheap. It's easy. It's taste great. I'm on the struggle bus with you guys on this one, but I'm reading countless articles, discussion about preservatives, labeling accuracy and contamination that has put all this belief at risk. Now I recently was at a Costco filming this right here. I was there. I saw it. It says no added hormones or steroids in a chicken that is fully developed in six weeks. Right there at the bottom, you can see it says no added preservatives. And have you ever wondered why it's in a plastic bag that you can put in your microwave? Microwave safe, plastic bag, put the two and two together. Speaker 3: Right out of the oven stored in a plastic bag. Nobody really knows what type of plastic bag this is, but it's likely a mix of polyethylene terephthalate. Remember that word phthalate? It's a known hormone disruptor, and this is microwave safe. So you're putting hot food into a plastic bag that can leach these hormone disrupting chemicals, and a 117,000,000 of these are eaten each year in The US. So share this video with your friends. Speaker 1: This is what I'm talking about. Hundreds of thousand millions of these chickens are sold in The US a year. This is why you need to share this out. Sorry folks, but they're just cutting too many corners these days. And it comes down to us. And who's gonna suffer? Us. They're gonna make a ton of money. So if you dive into the legal term no preservatives, they found loopholes to where they can actually put this legally. This is where the class action lawsuit or the lawsuit from a couple people in California are like, hold up. Wait a minute, you guys are using this stuff and this is preservatives, but you guys are saying it's no preservatives. In short, the processing agents that they're using can be deemed not to be called preservatives. Oh yeah, you're getting something with no preservatives, organic as it gets. Yet at the end of the day, you and I would look at that cross eyed and be like, Yeah, what they're using works the same way. It's not what you think it is. That's just what it is. I'm not sure if you guys have seen what these large scale poultry processing facilities look like, but it's not happy chickens walking around a field eating green grass and bugs. Think about the cross contamination that occurs and what safeguards exist and where they fail. For certain that these huge plants they fail. Great thing for Costco is they can scale. They can pump out millions of birds in six weeks and give it to us for a low price even with them losing money. That's right. Like I said, scammedemic kind of they will take a loss on this because they're producing at such a large scale and cutting corners just to get you through the door for that $4 and 99 rotisserie chicken so that you put hundreds of dollars of their stuff in your cart and check out. Other stores, Walmart, other grocery stores, they have caught on to this. They know what Costco found out. They're all doing the same thing. This is information that you need to consider. Speaker 5: Alright, guys. Here are three scary facts about Costco chicken that'll hopefully make you never buy this shit ever again. Alright. So I had to move on over to Lowe's to show you part two of this video. So they start by bathing the chicken in chlorine. They actually put it in a chlorine bath, and it soaks in this chlorine for about thirty minutes. Why does that and should that matter to you? I'm gonna tell you. Next thing they do is they inject the chicken with a chemical compound called TSP. It's trisodium phosphate. Guys, I'm just at Lowe's pulling this stuff off the shelves. This is crazy. I mean, this is the shit that you're allowing into your body. Read the warning label on this and tell me that this is a good idea to ingest in the human body. And then the last thing, which is I don't know if it's scarier than the other two things. They're all really bad. But they they let the chicken sit in these plastic bags, and they sit there for days on end, hours, days, whatever. It's sitting in your fridge for probably a long time. There are microplastics being released into the chicken from the plastic bags that are getting into your body, and it is unbelievably bad for you. Mean, there's microplastics showing up in human hearts, in in in men's testicles. Like, it's really, really bad, guys. So here's the deal. Everyone's gonna ask me, what do I do? Buy your chickens local. Go to your local farmer's market. Go to your local farms. They are a little bit more expensive, so just eat less or go or or just be resourceful and find deals. But stop buying this shit because it's literally killing you. Speaker 1: When I go to Home Depot and I pull TSP off the shelves, what kind of chemical is that? Speaker 6: So when you grab TSP at Home Depot, you're holding trisodium phosphate. It's a heavy duty cleaner, often used to degrease and prep surfaces before painting. Powerful stuff. Just use it with care. Speaker 1: What's the caution label say? Speaker 6: The caution label on TSP usually warns about skin and eye irritation. So gloves and goggles are a must. It'll also say not to inhale the dust and to keep it away from kids. Basically, respect the power and you'll be good. Speaker 1: What if you eat it? Speaker 6: If you ingest TSP, it's no joke. It can cause serious irritation. Think burns in your mouth, throat and stomach. The label will tell you to seek medical help immediately. No waiting. Speaker 1: So yeah, definitely not a seasoning. Speaker 1: But if you go down the rabbit hole on that one, it's gonna say that it's a different type and it's the safe version and the FDA would never allow that specific one in your food. Just a different one. So when they put it in like rotisserie chicken, they're probably just putting safe amounts of it. Speaker 6: Oh no, don't worry. They're not putting TSP in your rotisserie chicken. That'd be a disaster. Some food safe phosphates might be used in processing, totally different and regulated, but the cleaning product TSP strictly for walls, not wings. Speaker 1: Are you sure it's not the same thing? Because a lot of reels say it's the same thing. Speaker 6: Yeah. I get why those reels pop up, but trust me, food grade phosphates and TSP cleaner are not the same. The food versions are heavily regulated for safety. If they try tossing the Home Depot stuff in your chicken, the FDA would have a feel day. So no worries. Speaker 1: I'm telling you guys, it's a deep dive in half. Make informed decisions. Realize that these big companies are all about making the money, not about bringing you the safest product. And trust me, it's a little bit of a stab to me too because I like easy, I like tasty and we need that sometimes. But in this case, they may have jumped through too many hoops too many times, and it's putting Us consumers possibly in a bad position. Speaker 1: I've got two other great videos. If you guys didn't see these videos, you gotta watch these. These will blow your mind equally as much. Please let me know what you think down in the comments. Thumbs up. Share this out and subscribe because I've got a lot more coming down the pipe. Keep prepping, keep learning, keep doing. We'll see you guys on the next one.

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"Before Yom Kippur, tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn will purchase and physically handle live chickens in the largest wet market in the country." "With little to no PPE, they will swing the chickens around their heads as part of an annual atonement ritual called koporos." "The chickens will be killed in about 30 pop up slaughterhouses erected without permits on public streets in violation of eight New York City health codes." "The chickens make each other sick and they also infect people who handle them with E. Coli and Campylobacter." "If the viruses that they harbor co mingle and mutate into a more dangerous strain then these wet markets could be the source of another zoonotic disease outbreak." "According to a toxicologist who studied fecal and blood samples taken during Kaporos, the ritual poses a significant public health hazard." "Hasn't COVID-nineteen been disruptive and deadly enough?"

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We take children, drain their blood, mix it with Passover blood, and grind bodies into sausage and hamburger. We sell meat to slaughterhouses. People unknowingly eat their children for breakfast and lunch. This practice has been ongoing for thousands of years. Despite being open about it, people refuse to believe. It is claimed that the blood of enemies is consumed during Passover. This shocking revelation is met with disbelief by the public.

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A local rabbi in Monsey, New York was accused of infecting babies with herpes. The issue came to light because Orthodox Jewish communities are insular, but deaths and maiming of babies from STDs given by Moyals could not be hidden. Some roots of antisemitism come from this practice. Originally, a Moyal would use sharpened fingernails to shred the foreskin, and some babies would bleed out and die. Rabbis then instituted a practice called sucking, where they would suck on the bleeding penis after cutting the infant's genitals, supposedly to stop the bleeding. This practice seems overtly sexual. While wary of being called antisemitic, this needs to be addressed because it is harmful to infants.

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There are chickens in the building where Walmart smokes them in Loretta, Tennessee. The silos can also explode. The fire department is present but not taking action.

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We need to pay attention to several emerging health threats. Starting January 21st, H5N1 is spreading among wild birds and poultry in the western U.S., with sporadic human cases reported. There's a risk of human-to-human transmission. Additionally, a new coronavirus may be developing in Asia, and mosquito-borne viruses like dengue and Zika could return along the Gulf Coast. Vaccine-preventable diseases are also on the rise due to anti-vaccine sentiments, with a fivefold increase in whooping cough cases and multiple measles outbreaks this year. Polio has been detected in New York's wastewater. A strong response team is essential to address these challenges effectively.

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An illegal immigrant from China, Zhao Shu, is accused of selling unauthorized COVID test kits and operating an unregulated underground lab. The lab, raided last year, contained freezers with illegal wiring, vials of blood, jars of urine, and 1,000 lab mice. Deadly viruses like COVID, chlamydia, e coli, hepatitis, herpes, HIV, malaria, and Ebola were found. Congress criticized the CDC and FDA for failing to regulate private labs. The lab owner had ties to the Chinese government and a $330 million judgment against him for stealing US intellectual property. It remains unclear why he had Ebola and malaria if he was only making fake COVID test kits. The story raises concerns about other private labs potentially housing lethal viruses.

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"They've obviously developed some type of natural immunity because they're not clinically sick." "The worry is the virus can mutate, become even more pathogenic, cause much more disease." "Their solution? Just kill them all, wipe it out." "But it's now in the wild bird population." "How is it that you know we can wipe out all these big healthy birds on a farm and somehow think we're going to control that disease?" "Destroy the birds, you destroy the science." "Cruelty to animals, it violates the criminal code of Canada." "Couldn't the ostriches just been quarantined where they are, it's a very isolated spot, repeatedly tested for the avian flu?" "Why can there not be some type of flexibility?" "Risk science it's here. Too bad all your birds are gonna die." "In my opinion, yeah there really could have been and should have been and should be."

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During the smallpox outbreak, general public health conditions involved a way of life that is almost unimaginable today. Streets were filled with human and animal waste due to a lack of sanitation and running water. Malnutrition was common, and people were exposed to numerous pathogens. Fecal matter was likely unavoidable and present everywhere, including in drinking water, which was obtained by skimming the top of water sources. Co-infections worsened primary infections, leading to complications like pneumonias. This environment was considered normal at the time, similar to what is depicted in the film "Gangs of New York." Slums were prevalent.

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Birds don't get flu. Birds do not get influenza. Birds can get sick, but they haven't got flu, and it's not contagious. So, the PCR test is a measure of nothing. It's fraud. So and they could make the birds sick in any number of ways just by treating them badly. If they overcrowd them, that will make them sick. If they stress them, that will make them sick. And if they then come in and test them, they can claim bird flu in the flock, then they can kill all the birds, and then they can say, oh, look. Bird flu is going around. It doesn't even exist because like I told you, birds don't get colds. Birds don't sneeze. Have you ever seen a bird coughing? And I wouldn't think monkeys get pox either. Really. They're hairy.

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Big money is body parts. It's not just about sex trafficking. It's that when the sex traffic children and and people are used up, they're converted to body parts and sold on the black market to black transplantologists. I hate to say this. This is really, really, distressing to me to say this, but I honestly think every major food manufacturing, meat manufacturing, processing plant ought to be tested for human meat, the concentration of human meat. I think they have a way of doing that, and they claim they do because they shut down a couple of McDonald's. Remember Rabbi Finkelstein in New York? He was bragging about this. he was talking about not going to waste, putting it in the beat. And nobody believed him. But then later, this whole thing McDonald's came out. It's being run, and Ukraine is the center of it.

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Aquamation, also known as "death chamber" or "washing machine," is a process where the dead are liquefied and their remains are recycled into the water supply. This is happening in many states and major cities, leading to concerns about people unknowingly consuming and using the remains. The bones are ground into powder called calcium phosphate, which may be used in food processing or vitamins. There are worries about the health implications, such as the spread of diseases like Kuru and Mad Cow disease. Additionally, dead people are used as compost and sprayed on the food supply through irrigation. This is seen as a disturbing and potentially satanic ritual, with people being forced to consume what is referred to as "death juice." Human DNA has also been found in the food supply, raising further questions.

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Haitian immigrants harvest cats for food and witchcraft, using their blood and bones for voodoo, believing it brings good luck. They trade Jamaican ganja for cocaine and weapons, performing rituals for protection from law enforcement when traveling by boat. These rituals are believed to ensure successful border crossings. This is based on direct conversations with Haitians. Missing ducks, geese, dogs, and cats are being eaten or used for voodoo. This is their culture, practiced regardless of being in America. Americanized Haitians should consult their elders in Haiti before denying these practices.

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The concerning issue is that the virus can infect multiple species, including pigs, which are often in close proximity to chickens and cows. This interaction raises the risk of a reassortment of viruses, potentially creating a new strain that combines the dangerous traits of H5N1 with the ability to spread between humans. Public health officials are particularly worried about this possibility due to the mixing of viruses in pigs. Although the current risk is considered low, the CDC emphasizes the need for vigilance as the situation could change.

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Greeley, Colorado, is near a JBS USA slaughterhouse that kills up to 5,400 cows daily, totaling nearly 2,000,000 annually, and is surrounded by CAFOs. JBS, the largest animal protein company, has been linked to corruption scandals. In Brazil, JBS executives admitted to paying over $150,000,000 in bribes to over 1,800 politicians, including two presidents, to secure loans, dodge fines, and fuel expansion. In the US, JBS faced fines for price fixing, endangering workers during COVID-19, and polluting air and water near rural communities. The current food system involves corruption, collapse, and public dependence on a private empire. An animal-free, transparent, and just system is possible. Rethink food, power, and Greeley.

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Food chains have the power to influence meat producers to use antibiotics responsibly. However, a survey found that 22 out of 25 burger chains received an F grade for not addressing antibiotic misuse in their beef supply chain. Burger King, Sonic, and McDonald's, the largest beef purchaser, were among the failing chains. Wendy's received a d minus for taking a small step. The video then takes a disturbing turn with unfounded claims about bloodletting and child sacrifices, which are not supported by evidence. The speaker also makes derogatory remarks about Jews and accuses various institutions of corruption.

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Vet was not allowed to take blood, and let's go into the reason why. So the vet said that they said it doesn't matter if all of these animals remember this. If every one of these animals test negative, they're still to die. And the reason being is because of that international trade policy between the World Animal Health Organization and the World Health Organization, which takes the directives of the United Nations. Good morning, Tina. And then the the minute anybody that any animal has a positive test on a property for HPAI, avian influenza, all animals are to be destroyed to protect our

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A viral image circulating shows a stained mattress pulled from the tunnels, carried by members of the synagogue. The host explains there has been a lot of conspiracy talk but asks David to clarify what the stain is and why the mattress is in the tunnels. The response: the stain is blood, not feces. There are rituals performed in the tunnels that sometimes involve someone who recently died, with the aim of bringing back the Messiah, who died many years ago but whom they believe they can resurrect through these rituals. The ritual leadership is described as led by “the head rabbi,” the person they look to for direction. There is ambiguity about his current status; some believe he is alive, others think he has died. The participants say they try to perform rituals to bring him back. Details about the rituals are not fully disclosed. The body is not laid on the floor; instead, it is placed on the mattress, and there may be an incision on the body that results in a small amount of blood. They decline to go into more specifics. The host mentions bringing a book to illustrate the rituals, specifically the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and notes that many different books are used, not a single source. The book shown is described as a type of resource that describes various rituals; the exact details are considered too detailed to discuss on air. How the group learned of these practices is attributed to other members, with no single origin given. The bodies involved are described as members of the synagogue who have recently passed away, not sacrifices. Before burial in a cemetery, the body is brought down into the tunnels for a ritual, after which they would either “bring back” the Messiah or read verses from the book during the process. The body is not fully shrouded; it is covered, but not completely. On the question of whether this could be considered a method to bring people from the afterlife, the speaker emphasizes that they believe in the afterlife, and that the purpose of the ritual is to bring back the Messiah. They compare the practice to other traditions where a body might be kept at home for a period before burial, noting that different religions have different rituals. The interviewer references a Wiki article about a sect of Judaism believing Schneerson did not die, and acknowledges that within the synagogue there are different beliefs. Some believe he is dead, some believe he is alive. The ritual’s perceived success depends on belief: for those who believe the Messiah has returned, the ritual “worked”; for those who do not share that belief, it did not. The possibility remains open: anything is a possibility, including the Messiah being on Earth.

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Speaker 0: And it's no secret that the government always approves of some new way to poison us, but liquefying bodies and potentially putting them back into the drinking supply is a whole new level of ick. It's called alkaline hydrolysis, and it is water cremation. Being coined as the new cleaner, greener, and eco friendly way to dispose of your loved ones. But here's what really happens. A body is placed inside of a steel vat with chemicals, typically potassium hydroxide, where it is heated under a high temperature, which liquefies the body. All that's left is the bones, which are then ground up and give back to the family as ashes. The rest is flushed down the drain. That liquefied human goes through the wastewater treatment and gets recycled back into the municipal water supply, the same water supply that comes out of your tap if you're on city water. Now they advertise this as biologically sterile, but here's what can survive. Prions, they're tiny misfolded proteins typically found in the brain. Mad cow disease, heat resistant pathogens like hepatitis a, pharmaceutical residues like chemotherapy, antidepressants, and hormones, heavy metals like those nice mercury fillings, lead and arsenic, synthetic materials from implants, or medical devices. Standard treatment doesn't eliminate those things. We are not just talking about contamination here. As if it's not gross enough, people flush their pharmaceuticals, their aborted babies, and everybody's goes down it. Now we're adding liquefied human remains. Let's call it what it is, ritualistic state approved cannibalism. Most of you don't even know you're consuming trace amounts of the dead. This is not just disrespectful. It's a spiritual, ethical, and biological violation, all in the name of sustainability. And news flash, it's legal in 28 states.

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Back in Chicago at a warehouse that appeared abandoned, it's revealed to be filled with undocumented individuals. Recently, there was a measles outbreak with reports of 13 to 15 cases, but the actual number could be around 100. The disease is airborne, and there's no quarantine in place, allowing people to come and go freely without any warnings or signage about the dangers. Additionally, illegal vendors are operating on the streets. This situation reflects a broader concern about the impact of immigration policies on American citizens, regardless of their background.

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Vaccinating birds with a leaky vaccine, one that doesn't provide sterilizing immunity, turns the flocks into mutation factories, teaching the organism how to mutate. This destabilizes the organism and makes it more likely to jump to animals. The speaker claims that all agency heads from NIH, CDC, and FDA advised against bird vaccination because it is dangerous for human beings.

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Researchers have been working on making bird flu more contagious for humans through gain of function research. The virus mainly infects chickens and sometimes cattle. Chinese vaccination efforts in the 90s may have worsened the situation. The current strain, H5N1 avian influenza, has caused around 800-900 human cases with a high mortality rate in Southeast Asia. Recent US cases were easily treated. The virus is not a significant threat unless it starts spreading human to human. The recent strain may have originated from experiments on mallard ducks in Georgia, leading to its spread across states. The media has not questioned this spread caused by migratory waterfowl.

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Animal sacrifices are reportedly surging in Queens, New York, with animals like chickens, pigs, and rats being tortured or killed in religious rituals. In just over a month, at least nine wounded animals or carcasses were discovered in Spring Creek Park and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. These include five live pigs with severed ears, a near-dead baby rat tied in a bag with chicken bones, a decapitated chicken head, a live hen in distress, and a dead dog with a snapped neck. One speaker stated that Americans have a right to safety and to preserve their culture, and that the government is destroying communities and purposely leaving citizens vulnerable.

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If we ignore the problem of felons in the US, we'll face more issues like H5N2 bird flu. The alleged H5N, avian influenza, is available for sale on the BEI Resources website since 2016. The concern lies in gain of function research in labs, where the recipe to make bird flu highly infectious for humans is already known.

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All Your Coronavirus Questions Answered: Michael Greger, MD | Rich Roll Podcast
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Dr. Michael Greger, a nutrition expert and author of "How Not to Die" and "How Not to Diet," discusses his new book "How to Survive a Pandemic" and the current state of the coronavirus pandemic. Greger highlights his background in public health and infectious diseases, emphasizing that he has been warning about pandemics for over a decade. He notes that the leading candidate for the next pandemic is the H7N9 bird flu virus, which has a 40% fatality rate, significantly higher than COVID-19's 0.4%. Greger explains that pandemics are often caused by the intersection of humans and animals, particularly in live animal markets and industrial animal agriculture. He stresses that the conditions in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) create a breeding ground for viruses, exacerbating the potential for mutation and transmission. The overcrowding, stress, and unsanitary conditions in these facilities contribute to the emergence of virulent strains of influenza. He discusses the importance of reforming animal agriculture practices to mitigate future pandemics, including closing live animal markets and improving the treatment of domestic animals. Greger points out that the public health community has long called for a moratorium on factory farming due to the risks it poses for human health. The conversation shifts to the current pandemic response, where Greger criticizes the U.S. handling of COVID-19, noting that the country has the highest death toll compared to other nations. He emphasizes the need for social distancing, proper mask usage, and the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Greger also highlights the role of underlying health conditions, such as obesity and diabetes, in increasing the severity of COVID-19 outcomes. Greger advocates for a plant-based diet as a means to improve overall health and resilience against chronic diseases. He discusses the potential for vaccines and the challenges in achieving herd immunity, emphasizing that without a vaccine, herd immunity can only be achieved through mass infection, which carries significant risks. The discussion concludes with a focus on the importance of reliable information sources and the need for society to come together to address the pandemic. Greger encourages individuals to prioritize their health and the health of others by adopting healthier lifestyles and supporting systemic changes in food production.
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