Danish Government Will Entire Population of Mink
Officials fear human-to-mink mutations could be resistant to a vaccine and have Ordered Farms to Kill 17 million Mink.
“Studies have shown that the mutations could affect the current candidates for a Covid-19 vaccine,” Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said in a press briefing Wednesday. At least 12 Danes have been infected with a mutated coronavirus connected to mink, the government said.
Authorities worry that if the problem isn’t addressed, the mink will build a reservoir of a mutated form of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 that could then be passed on to humans, and be impervious to a vaccine. They fear it could set off a new cluster of infections.
“Worst-case scenario is that we have a pandemic that will start all over again, starting from Denmark,” Denmark’s state epidemiologist, Kåre Mølbak, said.
From Animal to Humans
When initial reports of human-to-cat infections came out, scientists doubted the connection, then generally claimed the reverse was unlikely.
Long ago, I asked why?
If the virus could go from bats and camels to humans why couldn’t it spread from humans to other animals and back?
We now know it can.
Mish
this made me sad.
Let’s face it then, we ARE screwed no matter what , aren’t we ?
What ‘s the point of talking minks , when your people(democrats) are celebrating the outcome of the fraudulent election farce ? Many without masks and forgetting about CNN’s recommended social distancing….must be OK for once…moreover Covid will soon be gone with Trump gone…..Yes election fraud is ever so easy but very hard to prove … So congrats with your new president, I d say.
Oh my…..sour grapes. What a crock about fraud. Another delusional comment. How many is that now?
Time for the European closet brownshirts to get back under their rocks.
You are spreading lies and disinformation and attempting to cast doubt on an election with no corroborating evidence. You should be banned immediately for fomenting violence.
Tell me, how can fraud be excluded when people can send in a postal votes without identity control ?
Why would one side commit substantively more fraud than the other?
The miniscule amount of fraud that may occur evens out and is to small to matter in any case.
An election is still valid even if one fraudulent vote is cast.
You are the fraud.
….and you are blind or gullible….or both rather …
Va tu faire foutre.
Running out of sound arguments sonny?
I already won daddy-o
I live if France although I am American. That gives me a different look and since I talk to mostly French people (I am fluent in French) I get a view on how they see this. What they say would surprise some people, well a lot of people actually.
You are leaving us hanging. What DO the French say? Are they still upset by “Freedom Fires”? lol
Pray tell, what do they say?
phil from flanders–time to move on and root for the anti-lockdown party in the UK being started by Nigel Farage
the UK is at the other side of the channel….I have always known Americans don t know shit about geography that s how they wind up in remote places that should be none of their business….
Seems to me a country still with a King has a somewhat different concept of what democracy is….
You seem to be quite ignorant, (C19 can affect the brain they say), so let me help you : The UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium Spain all have royals with merely symbolic functions, they don ‘t interfere at all in our democratic system…..Btw, unlike the US, election fraud is IMPOSSIBLE in our countries !
By the way, doesn’t Belgium have the highest rate of CV infection in the EU now with record hospitalizations?
Were you one of those people who thought the world-wide conspiracy against Trump via CV would go away the day after the election?
How’s that working for you?
You should have told the couple hundred people who died in Belgium yesterday the game was over, and the 12,000 testing positive that the sham was over.
Your country really outdid itself on disloging Trump via the world-wide CV conspiracy—the second highest death rate per million in the world–1079 per million. 12,000 deaths in a country of 11million.
Thanks for all you work in defeating Trump, Belgium!!
You will get a participation medal!
don t change the subject man, your election fraud , like in banana republics, that s what I am talking about ….
Hi Vlaams Bloker! I know Vlaamse Blok is a racist & xenophobe group in Belgium and a strong supporter and ass-kisser of tRump. Are you guys still supporting him no matter what? It’s time for you rats to jump off the sinking ship.
Vlaams Blok is now Vlaams belang , next elections they will be largest political party….no tampering needed
First of all they know that Joe has “moments”. Second of all they can’t believe how lax the voting is here. Europe in general have very tight ways of counting votes and they are well aware of how easy fraud is. They don’t recognise what the Democrat Party has become and are becoming wary. The cancel culture movement was snuffed out early because they like their culture and want to keep it so toppling statues are out. Stuffing ballot boxes is very third wold in their opinion and they see that happening. Here you need a confirmed voter ID and be registered well in advanced. They check to see if you are not registered anywhere else in a national database. Every ballot has to be visually checked by all parties which is about five or six pairs of eyes. If there is a discrepancy the voting they redo the local election . Media has to give equal time to all parties. Spending is very controlled and if a party spends too much it is very severely sanctioned enough that that party’s existence can be put into jeopardy. These may seem extreme to you but they know that confidence in the elections are key to democracy. In all, seeing what happened in some states many people I know who are on the left and right see it as a “coup d’etat”. They didn’t like Trump but they were used to him. Now American democracy looks to them like Putin’s Russia. It’s that bad. How will they see Biden in that light when he comes to visit?
Gotta say a couple of things…..this election in particular has shown up some serious problems with the way we run national elections.
It is now completely possible to run these elections from a national database of registered voters and it’s fairly straightforward to make cheating impossible from a practical standpoint….and we should do that. Blockchain is the solution, although I know I’ll get flamed for saying that.
Nothing wrong with requiring ID to vote. It’s requited here in Texas. But there is no reason for these old school state run election machines anymore, and voting in national elections should be done using a modern approach that makes ballot box stuffing impossible.
Will that happen? Hell no. Neither party wants that.
Exactly right. Both parties like the current system.
Troll..troll…bitter ass troll
Trolling is cool, if you’re 13 and just learned to swear or if it were 2007.
COLLUSION by the sophisticated, politically correct elite and the media they literally own, simply because your ‘exceptional’ nation could simply NOT afford another derisory 4 years under Trump even if your ‘deplorables’ (60% of the population ) wanted him ! Therefore the democratic process HAD TO BE interrupted this time !
Mish, you really must get the system repaired here, we cannot edit and we cannot flag spam like FromBrussels has been posting as if he has tipped right over the edge with abuse of other posters and just pure pointless junk. So please count this as about 7 flags on his posts just in this thread.
So I should be removed from your silly echo chamber because I have a different opinion ? I should put up with insults against me and my country ? Is that your idea of free speech ? If someone doesn t agree with your sacred visions you go running to daddy(Mish in this case) ?….That s what gutless, epigonic flip-floppers do….
Fuck you asshole. You are just taking advantage of the fact we can’t flag you and get you banned. But like I keep telling the supporters of that fat assed oragne spy Payback is a total bitch. And that goes for your beloved mother russia where the food smells like boiled garbage and the women all look like Boris Yeltsin. (OR meth whores)
oh lordy…..We are in a foul mood, arent we…
…and to think that it all started, 30 comments ago, with a great humble person like me, congratulating the echo chamber, with the new president…..I do feel offended and hurt !
Free mink collars for everyone? Logic would dictate that they save the skins and make use of them but in our fear driven society, they will likely just burn all the animals.
Owner of ‘Trump Unity Bridge,’ a roving shrine to Trump, arrested in Detroit for riding dirty
Did the Libertarian Party hurt Trump? https://twitter.com/adam_tooze/status/1325054385618104323
Sometimes third party is a protest vote.
I expect it did end up hurting Trump….although I was initially just as fearful it might hurt Biden…but yeah, I’d guess Mish wasn’t the only Libertarian who voted for Trump in 2016…..and voted for Jorgensen this time around.
Anarcho-capitalism is an (R) kind of thing, so yeah of course an (L) vote deducts from (R).
I voted for Jorgensen. Under no circumstances would I have voted for Trump.
After analysing the vote in Florida Numike, I calculate that at LEAST a million left leaning independents voted for Trump, and after several confrontations at reddit about this I also have concluded that all of them were “progressive” socialist Sanders supporters.
They deny it of course but not usually directly, they like to pull Trump tricks like change the subject and shout but look at what Biden did, or again try to demand that democrats admit to screwing Sanders. Yeah okay, I screwed Sanders by not VOTING for him because he is an angry old communist prick that the very thought of his cadaverous old body in the Oval Office makes me want to retch. So what?
I usually just remind them that socialists are NOT democrats and that they are a parasite on our party, that htey need to get their own. And it would not cost us any votes anyway because they are voting GOP to punish democrats for rejecting their commie old fossil.
If you stop to think about this easily explains why the polls were so far off in both 16 and 20. And why the numbers never seem to add up, but if you look at the stats based on these pricks voting Trump suddenly they do make a lot more sense.
Saw the mink thing on the paper this morning, just underscores my original theory that the best course of action for the individual is instead of waiting for some vaccine to come around, you gotta work on your health now, exercise/proper nutrition/supplementation/etc. Get those vitamin D levels up, etc.
This thing is going to mutate your best defense is a healthy body.
Yeah, you’re right….damn I hate that.
(Eddie goes to the kitchen is search of his vitamin D and zinc.)
I’ve been traumatizing the younger neighbors trying to get more Vit D from the sun lol!
There is a lot of evidence that even the youngest and healtiest bodies get it and can die from it. We are in about month 10 and that means we still do not know that much about it. Like why do people with type A blood appear to be so much more suseptible than type O? And age is still the main determinent of serious infection and death. Theree is no way to get older people more resistant just by being relatively healthy for one’s age over 60.
They need to get that vaccine out and while it may be a stop gap with short-term protection that would mean at least 6 months of nearly no new infections. It would give us the breather we need to get caught up. To bring it under control if not exactly stopped. Once we get the infection rates back down we can use non pharma to keep it down. Till there is a better more permanent solution, like a new treatment, or better vaccines.
The minks are suffering their own pandemic now. Is that the new course, elimate whatever animals can potentially spread disease to humans?
That would include humans.
Trump is delusional
Needs professional help.
Do we have any idea who will be in the cabinet? Would be nice to have an idea as well as being useful to my portfolio. Could we expect some economic stuff soon? What is your take Mish?
Well we DO KNOW that the First Lady will be an AMERICAN WOMAN WHO DOES CARE! And who never posed nude for money.
“And who never posed nude for money.”
I think the American public is kind enough forgive her for that.
Me for one.
As a citizen possibly, but as FLOTUS nope.
I heard that she posed for favors, not money. Good decision and shows that she can put off immediate gratification to reach a long-term goals.
Kamala that is
Mmm. Those tears.
#electionshaveconsequences
#lockthemup
Sorry, I don’t have twitter. I leave that to people like you.
Okay let us rephrase that, posed for items of value. And a favor is an item of value the same as cash is. = professional porn.
Professional porn. Are you talking about lawyers or lobbyists or something like that?
I think Susan Rice could get State. That’s my pick, although the Senate would give her a hard time.
Warren is being discussed for Treasury, as is Lael Brainard. Warren won’t get it, and Brainard never worked for GS…just sayin’.
Bernie Sanders is being mentioned for Labor. That sounds far-fetched to me. The Democrats would be foolish to pul anybody out of the Senate right now anyway..
I think Warren and Sanders are out. Too Left wing.
Agree. Here’s a good article.
I would try to have a few moderate Republicans who arent in office now. John Kasich would be a good choice.
For?….
My guess is that Biden will go out of his way to appoint women, blacks, and hispanics. Window dressing for the identity politics base. I don’t have a huge problem with it, there are plenty of qualified people….but it will be for show…and there will be at least a few fairly left-leaning picks, probably…..Julian Castro is one I’d not rule out…..for something.
Sally Yates for AG would suit me fine.
damn my Tweets not showing up
says Trump….
“damn my Tweets not showing up” – says Trump….
Trump..
You are FIRED
Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Jay Inslee for EPA? That might affect your portfolio. I wouldn’t buy that Exxon quite yet
For not being humbled by the MSM ?
Dems would have won anyway doesn’t cut it for a lot of people I guess.
The cabinet will be shaped by Senate control. Those Georgia races need to be called first.
I think that’s true only in the sense that it will be a reason to weed out potential picks like Warren and Sanders on the front end. Biden will pick his battles.
The one thing I don’t see is any GS alumnus being mentioned for Treasury. Not a single one. Anybody know of one? Plenty of investment bankers with Democratic Party connections though.
They own him.
My question, now open, is who would James Simon and Mike Bloomfield pick to head Treasury?
And….I view this as a real long shot……but Bloomberg is said to have wanted to be Hillary’s Secretary of State…..my view is that he’s been too big a contributor to be picked for a cabinet post….even though he’d be good in any of several spots…..but the optics wouldn’t be good.
Bloomberg is a definite in in my opinon. No one has spend more of his own money to beat Trump than he and he will want in at the highest level. He also has gobs of government experience having been mayor of the Apple.
Trump is a loser. He was just successfully impeached and removed by the People of the United States, the true source of political power.
We have not seen the last of Trump by a longshot. He has a cult of at least 30 million. This is no time to celebrate. The pressure must be RELENTLESS until Trumpism is gone forever.
A brief pause and celebration is in order Mr. P. But you are otherwise right.
I got into a debate with “progressive” socialists on reddit this morning and started to take apart the Florida vote and I have come to the conclusion with what appears to be solid math as very convincing evidence that something like 1 million far left Floridians calling themselves INDEPENDENTS (Bernie supporters) had to have voted for Donald Trump!
Busted. Math don’t lie.
So it is not just Trumpsters that we have to battle.
I find that surprising Herkie. I read an article on Vox that very clearly explained how conciliatort Biden has been with Sanders (especially compares to how Clinton treated Sanders). Maybe word didn’t filter down to the rank and file, but if independents went to Trump in FL, that’s appalling. And surprising. (I)’s tend to caucus with (D)’s in Congress.
For my money, NC GA TX are the next targets not FL. Biden is the first candidate to win without OH and FL in forever.
Citizen Mr. Purple. I admire your zeal, your conviction in the New Order and your ideas on how to treat Royalists, those parasites of the Common Man. I want to recommend you for a position in a special brigade whose purpose is to root out this dregs of the Earth. Be ruthless! Be without pity and steel yourself for the task to come. We have prepared them well. All they now is a leader and we have found one in you. Vive La Revolution!
Trump will be going to prison in NY State for tax fraud. This is not political.
“Lock them up!”
So said your cult leader. If it’s good enough for him it’s good enough for him.
Now fuck off.
Gosh, I am devastated by your witty response. The fact than you don’t like me crushes my heart. va te faire foutre
He’ll be neck deep in lawyers for the rest of his life, if he manages to stay out of prison. Once he’s not president, twitter will probably kick him off… he’ll end up on some AM radio network spouting kooky nonsense to 10,000 listeners, a shadow of the great Art Bell.
Yes we must punish him as an example to others that resistance will not be tolerated. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
Amen Doug! Lock them up!!! Even their NASTY women!
Cute. We will not take federal action against Trump, the court of public opinion will take care of that. But, if the State of New York wishes to go after him for his financial and tax crimes there is nothing the rest of us or the Feds can do about that. So if he does and likely he will do some time, it will not have Biden’s fingerprints on it. Please do not expect me to shed a tear. After the last four years of crap and hate and crime by the right they will be very damned lucky we do not simply dole out to them what they gave us because I assure you that bit of payback would be a real total bitch.
Why the sermon? Of course there will be court cases and so fourth. And I am quite mystified that you would think that I care if you shed a tear or not.
You know that Donald Trump is never going to draw a free breath again right? Yes or no will do. That he is going to spend the rest of his life either in prison or fighting criminal charges.
From your fingers to God’s monitor Zardoz. Lock him up!!!
Any truth to the rumours Trump News Network was already in planning before thecelection?
Been waiting for Mish’s forthcoming article, but I can’t wait anymore. Taking my champagne and my new Zebco Bullet to a low-COVID county and going fishing.
I’ll check back….he’s been so quiet, I expect the next post will be a good one.
Congrats to my fellow anti-Trumpers…..and I just hope we can now quit calling ourselves that and go back to being regular curmudgeons.
UK bans travel from Denmark
…half of the 783 cases in humans related to mink…
Early this week, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government wants to cull all minks on farms to minimise the risk of the weasel-like mammals’ re-transmitting COVID-19 to humans.
“It is very, very serious,” Frederiksen said. “Thus, the mutated virus in minks can have devastating consequences worldwide.”
Health minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human COVID-19 cases in northern Denmark “are related” to minks.
UM, by the time China had 700-800 cases of Covid it was already too late to prevent it’s global spread.
This has the hallmarks of what is needed to really bring out the best in the bio-med industries AND/OR put a nail in the coffin of the global economy. Thinks its bad now, these might be the good times.
Mink today, rabbits, rats, mice next – each with a different mutation?
Ferrets and weasels are close relatives of minks and probably could catch the infection and possibly pass it on. Weasels ate wild in every state I believe.
Ferrets are popular pets, sold everywhere in pet stores. Not sure why, but they are. If we have wild weasels in Texas they aren’t common. I’ve never seen one.
The net says weasels widely distributed here…..but I’ve spent an awful lot of time hunting and fishing in the woods….. and have never seen one in my 64 years.
Wild weasels are very hard to spot. They are nocturnal.
My father followed the hounds. I’ve spent a lot of time in the woods at night, and am familiar with most of our nocturnal species….but I suppose they’re out there.
The problem is any large-scale animal farming at close proximity to humans–pigs, chickens, cattle, elk, deer, and, yes, mink. Chonic wasting disease develope on elk farms in Colorado.
Virtually all flu outbreaks are tied to farm transmission. That’s why the flu researchers go to China rural areas to see next year’s flu as it developing on the farms where humans are in close poximity to animals.
I wouln’t worry so much about wild animals.
The ultimate solution will be lab grown meat. Then animal husbandry can be abolished and animals can live their lives naturally..
What a great idea! Let me ask you. Since the meat is grown in the lab and no animal is killed then there is no reason not to culture meat grown from humans since no human will be killed either. So cannibalism would have no moral quandaries and I could invest in a startup dedicated to bringing human meat to market. We can even get the moral high ground by providing cultured human mean to large predators as payment for our inexcusable past habit of killing and eating animals. What do you think?
Or many have no life at all if they have no utility to human kind. Big C02 savings too.
Ferrets are the favorite animal used for virus passage (speeding up evolution by selection and fast passaging in ferret hosts) and is one of the main stays of Gain-of-Function research. Besides being able to speed up certain mutations, it also allows one to mask genetically engineered mutations since the virus will evolve to something more aligned with the protein sequences that fit with the host environment.
Although there is a massive push to convince everyone of the natural zoonotic origin of the virus (our punishment for encroaching more and more on the habitat of wild species, so they say — ignoring the possibility that it is precisely forays into this habitat by researchers which could provide a vector for viruses to jump to humans, or to precipitate recombinant events between viruses in human hosts), so far there is little evidence for this a priori plausible possibility, but also a lot of evidence to doubt any natural provenance.
… they call it serial passaging … (no Edits)
Thanks for that. Apparently they are use for Influenza virus passage. In that case the risk of flu and Covid viruses mixing and coming up with something new is higher than we want. Will they cull all pet ferrets also? They should in my opinion. Consistency in policy is important.
I agree with you on this one.
Pole cats too as pets.
They just called the election for Biden.
It just takes the right vector, and apparently minks are a good one. As you might know, it’s been a problem in Utah since August….although not close to where you live. But it’s really close to the parts of Utah I usually visit, between SLC and Provo.