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Some facts about the #economy - The #WhiteHouse says the 25% #tariff on goods from #Canada and #Mexico will stay in place. #EuropeanUnion #EU officials have approved a new round of #retaliatory #tariffs on U.S. goods. Starting as soon as April 15, the tariffs—ranging from 10% to 25%—will apply to over $24 billion worth of products, including #tobacco, #motorcycles, #poultry, #steel, and #aluminum. #trump announced on #TruthSocial that #maga should buy stock this morning - we did not see that!

Domestic poultry (chickens & turkeys) are @ high risk as they are highly susceptible. **100% of experimentally infected poultry die.** Virus spreads from birds to cattle, then in cattle, in 17 states, & it continues to circulate in cattle... I don’t think there’s been a cattle outbreak of this magnitude in the US before... 2%-5% of the mortality in some (cattle) farms, so it’s not benign... [more] #medicine #science #H5N1 #influenza #PublicHealth #cattle #beef #chicken #turkey #poultry #cats