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[–] [email protected] 121 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Has anyone reminded the cows that it's just the flu, and they really should just suck it up and get back to work?

[–] Sterile_Technique 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Muh hamburder's freedoms!!

[–] Witchfire 10 points 8 months ago

Make Angus great... again?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They should try and infect every cow so they can build up resistance. 🤓

[–] esc27 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: the earliest known case of the 1918 "Spanish flu" was in Kansas.

[–] samus12345 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The "German cockroach" didn't originate from Germany.

[–] esc27 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Neither did german chocolate cake

[–] samus12345 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That one has an excuse - it's named after Samuel German.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Along with his Spanish friend English Memorial

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I really thought you were gonna say English Muffin. 🥴

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Gonna start calling it the Kansas flu

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If we have another pandemic on top of the current one I will be displeased.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

None of them are even good plagues, there were no zombies and I still had to go to work. I don't think it should count if you still have to go to work.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's been hitting South America hard. Only a matter of time until it spread to the US.

[–] Sterile_Technique 38 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Mystery Illness Impacting Texas, Kansas

Only a matter of time until it spread to the US.

...good distinction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I don't know, they always have wanted to secede

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I meant now that they have identified the mystery illness as the highly pathogenic avian flu, it's not surprising that it has moved into the US. It has been in South America for several seasons, and avian flu can be carried by migratory birds. It was only a matter of time until it spread like this.

Unfortunate, but not surprising.

[–] Zirconium 3 points 8 months ago

Texas, Kansas? Or Texas and Kansas

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] sygnius 27 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Elderly cows can take care of themselves and wouldn’t want to sacrifice their grandcalf’s economic future. Keep them all together going strong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Feed them to the rich in tartar form.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641 3 points 8 months ago

I'm tired, boss.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I was wondering what the hell that was. It tore through my workplace like a tornado on meth. I figured it was covid V78.2 or some shit.

[–] nutsack 2 points 8 months ago

Can we please invent one that ends all Society humans I'm sick of living inside a portal to other dimensions