And here we go — 🐓 The Pennsylvania Legislature, perhaps seeing the policies of the prior Federal Administration beginning to fade away, has a Bill on the table to “strengthen” the authority of the Secretary of Ag to cull poultry flocks in response to the Avian Flu. Pennsylvania’s recent history in its treatment of the Ag Industry has not been kind (see Amos Miller, et al.); and this sure seems to be a power play to pick up the slack and mirror the same scheme used by the USDA, at the State level. This Pennsylvania Representative, Stephanie Borowicz (@RepBorowicz), does not appear to be buying the bullshit though and is asking the hard questions. We need more of this or we will “trust the experts” right into another disaster when it comes to crisis management of a virus. When there is funding readily available for these depopulation events, and lobbyists carrying the mail to push these Bills, and Big Pharma waiting in the shadows with vaccines in development, I get real skeptical that all the motives are pure. We must remain vigilant at the Federal level — but also the State level — now moreso than ever.