Will Stone

Right. And we have legislation and rules about how food needs to be produced in order to make sure that that the probability of it being unsafe is extremely small. But not everybody follows those rules. And so there's a sloppiness and a lack of incentives built into the system that I think is a real problem.

If you're looking at the personal level, that's the easiest way to do it. Heat kills bacteria and viruses. Heat kills bird flu. Pasteurization kills bird flu. You're worried about eggs? Cook them. Don't eat them raw. So, I mean, that's the easy one. I mean, there are basic rules about food safety in the home. Wash your hands. Wash the surfaces. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.

If you're looking at the personal level, that's the easiest way to do it. Heat kills bacteria and viruses. Heat kills bird flu. Pasteurization kills bird flu. You're worried about eggs? Cook them. Don't eat them raw. So, I mean, that's the easy one. I mean, there are basic rules about food safety in the home. Wash your hands. Wash the surfaces. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.

If you're looking at the personal level, that's the easiest way to do it. Heat kills bacteria and viruses. Heat kills bird flu. Pasteurization kills bird flu. You're worried about eggs? Cook them. Don't eat them raw. So, I mean, that's the easy one. I mean, there are basic rules about food safety in the home. Wash your hands. Wash the surfaces. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.

Run your home like a lab of some kind and do that. I think that food should be safe before it gets to the home. But that requires not only legislation, which we have, but it also requires monitoring a food company so they do the right thing when it comes to food safety.

Run your home like a lab of some kind and do that. I think that food should be safe before it gets to the home. But that requires not only legislation, which we have, but it also requires monitoring a food company so they do the right thing when it comes to food safety.

Run your home like a lab of some kind and do that. I think that food should be safe before it gets to the home. But that requires not only legislation, which we have, but it also requires monitoring a food company so they do the right thing when it comes to food safety.

Write your congressional representative. It still works. Flood the White House hotline with calls. Express your concern. That still works.

Write your congressional representative. It still works. Flood the White House hotline with calls. Express your concern. That still works.

Write your congressional representative. It still works. Flood the White House hotline with calls. Express your concern. That still works.

I assure you, I didn't have the faintest idea.

I assure you, I didn't have the faintest idea.

I assure you, I didn't have the faintest idea.

Hey, Gina.

Hey, Gina.

Hey, Gina.

Sure thing. So there have been more than 65 human cases in the US during this current outbreak. And there's reason to believe that's probably an undercount. Luckily, these have largely been mild. Many are presenting as conjunctivitis and sometimes as a cold, although there have been a few that have resulted in serious illness.

Sure thing. So there have been more than 65 human cases in the US during this current outbreak. And there's reason to believe that's probably an undercount. Luckily, these have largely been mild. Many are presenting as conjunctivitis and sometimes as a cold, although there have been a few that have resulted in serious illness.

Sure thing. So there have been more than 65 human cases in the US during this current outbreak. And there's reason to believe that's probably an undercount. Luckily, these have largely been mild. Many are presenting as conjunctivitis and sometimes as a cold, although there have been a few that have resulted in serious illness.

And just to refresh listeners, a bird flu infection starts when the protein on the virus binds to a receptor on the cell it wants to take over. This is the HA protein on the bird flu virus. Luckily, the version of H5N1 spreading in cattle has not evolved to target the receptors that dominate upper airways in humans in the way that people get infected with seasonal influenza every year.