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Denmark to China: Hold my beer
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:52 am
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:52 am
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will cull its entire herd of up to 17 million mink after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to humans, posing risk to any possible future vaccine, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
Outbreaks at mink farms have persisted in the Nordic country, the world’s largest producer of mink skins, despite repeated efforts to cull infected herds since June.
Health authorities found virus strains in humans and in mink which showed decreased sensitivity against antibodies, potentially lowering the efficacy of future vaccines, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at a press conference.
“The mutated virus in mink may pose a risk to the effectiveness of a future vaccine,” she said.
Minks have also been culled in the Netherlands and Spain after finding infections.
Denmark’s health minister said around half of 783 infected Danes in Northern Denmark, home to a large number of mink farms, had been infected with a virus strain stemming from the farms.
Authorities had registered five cases of the new strain on mink farms and 12 cases in humans.
The mink herd in Denmark totals between 15 million and 17 million, authorities said.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:54 am to Jim Rockford
So prices for mink coats will drop?
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:55 am to kciDAtaE
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So prices for mink coats will drop?
The prices will sky rocket.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:56 am to kciDAtaE
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So prices for mink coats will drop?
I’m going load up in fur coats. I’ll look like a pimp by Christmas.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:56 am to kciDAtaE
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So prices for mink coats will drop?
I thought I was dumb. But culling means killing, so therefore there will be less of them meaning the price will go up...
ETA: so I have to respond this. Yes, in the short term the prices will go down. But as everyone else is thinking, except you dumb mother frickers, they know the price will go back up because there are minks.
This post was edited on 11/4/20 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:58 am to Jim Rockford
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Denmark will cull its entire herd of up to 17 million mink
Seems a bit extreme to perform an animal genocide in a country.
This post was edited on 11/4/20 at 10:59 am
Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:59 am to anewguy
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thought I was dumb. But culling means killing, so therefore there will be less of them meaning the price will go up...
Aren’t they about to have 17 million furs?
Posted on 11/4/20 at 11:01 am to Jim Rockford
TIL what a mink farm looks like. Don't know what I expected, but this looks about right.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 11:01 am to anewguy
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But culling means killing, so therefore there will be less of them meaning the price will go up...
Don't you have to kill them before skinning?
Posted on 11/4/20 at 11:03 am to ChairmanOfThisBoard
They could shear them like sheep I guess.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 11:06 am to Ghost of Colby
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I’m going load up in fur coats. I’ll look like a pimp by Christmas.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 11:08 am to Jim Rockford
Seems kind of weird to have mink farms in 2020.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 11:09 am to Ghost of Colby
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I’m going load up in fur coats. I’ll look like a pimp by Christmas.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:14 pm to BottomlandBrew
wow imagine being a mink and spending your entire life in a small cage like that. Id be happy to be put out of that misery.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:15 pm to jflsufan
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So prices for mink coats will drop?
The prices will sky rocket.
I guess it depends on the disposal. If the pelts are burned buried then prices will go up ...if market is flooded then short term...down
Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:16 pm to Ghost of Colby
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I’ll look like a pimp by Christmas.
To keep the Seinfeld theme going:
Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:38 pm to BottomlandBrew
That makes me sad because those cages are animal abuse. Also frick china for releasing the plague on the world and facing zero consequences from it
Posted on 11/4/20 at 1:38 pm to Jim Rockford
Okay... who in Denmark was fricking a mink?
Posted on 11/4/20 at 1:40 pm to ChairmanOfThisBoard
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Don't you have to kill them before skinning?
No. A lot of animals are skinned alive for their fur. That's why the PETA people go crazy.
Posted on 11/4/20 at 1:45 pm to kciDAtaE
so I have to respond this. Yes, in the short term the prices will go down. But as everyone else is thinking, except you dumb mother frickers, they know the price will go back up because there are links minks.
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