Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain why that’s a dangerous idea

The HHS secretary has suggested letting bird flu ‘run through the flock,’ an idea one public health expert says could amplify the virus’ spread and ‘is just letting (birds) suffer.’

Emily Hilliard, the HHS deputy press secretary, told The New York Times that Kennedy was merely trying to say that “culling puts people at the highest risk of exposure” due to the close contact it requires, which is why the secretary and National Institutes for Health “want to limit culling activities.”