Chinese criminal gangs spreading swine fever to force farmers to sell pigs

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42 points·prostoalex··7 comments

A farm affected by this was jamming transmissions nearby to try and prevent drones from being used to drop tainted items into their pens.

No they are not. It's hysteria

One farmer has claimed to have seen a drone drop something. It makes zero sense.

Gangs are however faking swine flu to reduce prices.

Swine flu is not related to African Swine Fever. They’re different. The article is focused on African Swine Fever.

The title is wrong: it should reference African Swine Fever which is not the same as swine fever, which really would be labeled classical swine fever.

And swine flu is something else; swine flu is H1N1 and is not related to African Swine Fever.

The U.S. and Canada already have a growing infestation of wild pigs, descendants of European wild boars brought for hunting and domestic pigs that escaped.

If someone contaminates these wild pigs with African swine fever or foot and mouth disease they would endanger the domestic pigs from Canada to Mexico and the worldwide pork prices would skyrocket.

Canada and U.S. without bacon, that would be a cause for a revolution.

9 months ago I purchased another deep freeze and filled it with bacon. I'm going to be rich.

I know it's a joke, but I wonder if bacon can stay edible for that long. After some googling it looks like meat, depending on type, is "good" for up to a year. Some should be eaten within few months.

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