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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:32 PM Nov 2020

Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink amid coronavirus fears BBC

They are trying to stop a mutation detected

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Twelve people had become infected, the authorities said.

Prime Minister Frederiksen described the situation as "very, very serious".

She cited a government report which said the mutated virus had been found to weaken the body's ability to form antibodies, potentially making the current vaccines under development for Covid-19 ineffective.

"We have a great responsibility towards our own population, but with the mutation that has now been found, we have an even greater responsibility for the rest of the world as well," she told a news conference.

Minks at more than 1,000 farms are to be culled. Police Chief Thorkild Fogde said it would be a "very large undertaking".




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Denmark Is High On My List Of Places To Relocate To sfstaxprep Nov 2020 #1
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sfstaxprep

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1. Denmark Is High On My List Of Places To Relocate To
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:37 PM
Nov 2020

Unlike the U.S., they took the virus extremely seriously. They are below the World average for per capita deaths, with around 130 deaths per million. The U.S. on the other hand, is at around 700.

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