Re: NYTimes.com: How Mink, Like Humans, Were Slammed by the Coronavirus

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:45:49 -0800
 >
 > Oh no, really?  And mink farms should be banned anyway.

Big farms, big flu?

What's interesting is that even we vegans are dependent upon animals for
their "compost".  Unless we can move away from it?

 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/12/were-humus-sapiens-the-farmers-who-shun-animal-manure

(I like the reference to "rooftop soil bags".  Reminds me of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Flood#God%27s_Gardeners .)

 > From The New York Times:
 > 
 > How Mink, Like Humans, Were Slammed by the Coronavirus
 > 
 > Rampaging infections at farms caused scandal, scientific head-scratching and a 
 > search for a vaccine — for mink.
 > 
 > https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/science/covid-mink-animals.html?smid=em-share