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Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

@Free_Press It's about the food.

"About 41,000sq km (15,800sq miles) of tropical rainforest was lost last year, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops"

#vegan #boycottmeat #boycott #animalindustry #meat #climatecrisis

#introduction

I fight for the users.

I love programming and thinking and talking about thinking. I have an education (BS, MS, PhD) focused on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.

I'm an advocate of the public academic pursuit of knowledge, the scientific process, peer review, and I see open source software and hardware as an essential part of the scientific process.

I see software user rights, including security and privacy, to be protected mainly by free open source software, specifically software with a copyleft license, i.e. GPL or Mozilla.

I see the democratizing effects of the Internet, including distributed journalism and social networking, to be largely the effect of the collaborative development of free and open source software.

I am interested in free and open source manufacturing, including open source 3D printers and CNC machines. I believe open source manufacturing will be important for distributed manufacturing, allowing local manufacturing and local labor.

I see worker-owned coops as the way to safely transition from a non-democratic authoritarian top-down power structure of a traditional corporation to a democratic work environment, where the workers own the company and elect the board of directors, transitioning to democracy in the workplace.

I believe that socialism is a regulatory response to capitalism.

I believe that laws, money, corporations, and government are social agreements, and I'm in favor of democratic social agreements.

I believe in the organized non-violent boycott as a way to control capitalists and change corrupt systems.

I am a pacifist. I am against violence. I am against citizens keeping guns in cities and towns with children. I am against war.

I try to eat plant-based / vegan foods to boycott the animal industry, to help with the climate crisis, to improve my health, to avoid animal cruelty, and to avoid the extinction of species of plants, animals and ecosystems.

I have been diagnosed with Retinitus Pigmentosa, which is a disease of progressive retinal degeneration. I am legally blind, although I have about 5-degrees of vision remaining in my fovea. I'm interested in researching and developing BCIs (Brain-Computer Interfaces), specifically BCIs that function as vision prostheses that may help with conditions like RP, or the more common degenerative retinal disease AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration).

I enjoy playing computer games like Age of Empires and Rimworld. I used to program computer games when I was younger and would like to get back to it one day.

I love playing music, especially bass guitar. I've been listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine and Enya recently.

I enjoy reading books, mostly non-fiction.

I enjoy studying religions. I've found a lot of value in Buddhism, and I meditate often daily.

Nina and I have recently had our first baby, a boy we call Tyoma.

I'm currently working at Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc. on FOSH assistive consumer electronics.

I'm sober.

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I have already boosted this toot, but I loved the article so much that I have to share it again. If you read one thing this week, let it be this article from #TheGuardian:

https://blahaj.zone/notes/9ebd6s6prg (with many thanks to @RiversideBryan for sharing the original article)

"Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay" - Joe Fassler
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/03/beef-industry-public-relations-messaging-machine

You can't make this stuff up. There is a "Masters of Beef Advocacy" (yes, abbreviated MBA!, should stand for Manipulators of Bullshit Advocacy), that the animal meat industry is propping up to manipulate the public.

An absolute must read. The general non vegan population (including YOU!) is being lied to. The #tobaccoIndustry did it, the #fossilFuelIndustry did it (and are still doing it), and now the #AnimalIndustry is doing it.

Now you know. People with financial interests (and zero concern or consideration for the 'animal') are using every trick in the book to keep selling you their product.

Don't buy their BS and leave the cow alone. 💩

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism #AnimalRights #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #Propaganda #Manipulation #MBA

PS. I can't help but think of all the knuckleheads that I interacted with on the bird site when it came to vegan topics. I swear some of those anonymous clowns must have been signed up to this program. 😂🤡

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon I'm so inspired about how easy it is to find vegan plant-based foods these days. Some restaurants focus on being oblivious to the environmental disaster that the animal industry is causing, and they serve a happily oblivious clientele. I agree that a Taxi is the best option if you find yourself in one of these oblivious dining establishments. There are probably 5 or 10 plant-based meals within a mile radius, given the growing awareness of the environmental concern.

#vegan #plantbased #environment #savetheplanet #climatecrisis #animalindustry

Today is #ClimateStrike but the german groups "Together against the animal industry" and @AnimalRebellionDE is also active and blocks a dairy factory

#AnimalIndustry
#CivilDisobedience
#activism
#vegan