Yep the good old flu just hops back and forth between poultry, swine and I suppose other animals ... especially in areas where people chose to live in close proximetry to said animals.
Can't speak for Vegas, but ND will fill up once they drop the age. Millenials and younger are getting shots in droves. They all want and hope to get their social lives back ... concerts, bars, parties ... without the fear of killing gramma at the next family reunion.
What are you talking about ? 20,733 is the number of nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses sold in ND in 2020. Far below any peak number. That said, overall pressure could have increased because those 20,733 licensed hunters spent more days in ND chasing ducks, geese and I suppose coots.
Back then those orphaned by the Spanish Flu had to move on to live with relatives or neighbors. Happened to many in the Dakotas too as soldiers returned from WWI and infected even those living in very small towns across the prairie.
Did some look'n. Nevada is below average in vaccination count, but close enough (fractions) that they are about average. Dakotas are at the top ... so they must have plenty to go around in ND.
I had a couple falls where we were suppled with free steel shot in exchange for sampling our ducks for avian influenza. (Hope I will be able to purchase steel shot next fall...)
Even vaccinated they can spread the virus. If they believe getting vaccinated prevents getting covid and saving grandma, they've drank the kool-aid. Let those who feel they need to get vaccinated, do so. Mandating vaccines for all is simply ludicrous. Fearing that all need to be vaccinated insinuates that you really don't believe the vaccine works. If you're vaccinated, why should you worry about me giving covid to you since you are already "protected ", as in vaccinated. Prarie hunter, when I say you, I'm not implying you specifically but rather all the sheepel who have to post pictures on social media patting themselves on the back wanting a trophy.
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