Dr. Seema Lakdawala

Yeah, so it's not as though this order is coming down into something that is the equivalent of the Wild West. It's like, finally, regulations.

Yeah, so it's not as though this order is coming down into something that is the equivalent of the Wild West. It's like, finally, regulations.

So it's maybe it's fixing something that's not necessarily broken.

So it's maybe it's fixing something that's not necessarily broken.

I would say 2021, where like birds were just falling out of the sky dead.

I would say 2021, where like birds were just falling out of the sky dead.

Yeah. Yeah, that's their description. We've had more birds fall out of the sky. Like, it is bad.

Yeah. Yeah, that's their description. We've had more birds fall out of the sky. Like, it is bad.

Right. But here is SEMA. Every time a virus, like a bird virus, gets into a mammal, it can then adapt to that mammal, right? Because viruses change. We know this. COVID, right? Omicron, Delta. Like, you know, I'm saying things that people remember. Viruses change when they infect hosts.

Right. But here is SEMA. Every time a virus, like a bird virus, gets into a mammal, it can then adapt to that mammal, right? Because viruses change. We know this. COVID, right? Omicron, Delta. Like, you know, I'm saying things that people remember. Viruses change when they infect hosts.

We've had sporadic spillover events from birds into seals in lots of different places, right? You might remember this. seal outbreaks.

We've had sporadic spillover events from birds into seals in lots of different places, right? You might remember this. seal outbreaks.

The biggest shift in my perspective happened in March and April of 2024. That was when it was first identified in cattle. Cattle? Why?

The biggest shift in my perspective happened in March and April of 2024. That was when it was first identified in cattle. Cattle? Why?

Yeah. So I'll tell you two reasons why I think it's really important. The first one is that they're farm animals. They're domestic. Humans have a lot of interaction with these animals. Right. compared to, say, seals. She's like, cattle?

Yeah. So I'll tell you two reasons why I think it's really important. The first one is that they're farm animals. They're domestic. Humans have a lot of interaction with these animals. Right. compared to, say, seals. She's like, cattle?

So this is where like the milk from a cow becomes like yogurt-y and yellow-y and chunky. And it's typically caused by bacteria.

So this is where like the milk from a cow becomes like yogurt-y and yellow-y and chunky. And it's typically caused by bacteria.

Yeah. And so then a veterinarian went on the farm and noticed some dead birds and a neurologically sick cat, like a cat with neurological symptoms.

Yeah. And so then a veterinarian went on the farm and noticed some dead birds and a neurologically sick cat, like a cat with neurological symptoms.