{"id":853,"date":"2024-09-27T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/the-government-should-be-protecting-people-not-profits-from-bird-flu\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:35:00","slug":"the-government-should-be-protecting-people-not-profits-from-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/the-government-should-be-protecting-people-not-profits-from-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"El gobierno deber\u00eda proteger a las personas, no a las beneficios, de la gripe aviar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/team\/sylvia-regan\/\">Sylvia Regan<\/a><\/strong><br>Paralegal de investigaci\u00f3n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sabemos sobre la propagaci\u00f3n de la gripe aviar a las vacas lecheras, los trabajadores de la industria lechera y los trabajadores av\u00edcolas desde principios de 2024; sin embargo, todav\u00eda sabemos muy poco sobre cu\u00e1ntas personas y animales se est\u00e1n enfermando y c\u00f3mo podremos contener la propagaci\u00f3n de la enfermedad. De manera alarmante, en septiembre una persona que tuvo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/sep\/06\/missouri-bird-flu-positive-hospitalized\">prohibido el contacto con animales<\/a> fue hospitalizado con gripe aviar, lo que genera preocupaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo se est\u00e1 propagando la enfermedad. Desafortunadamente, las respuestas federales y estatales al brote han sido lentas y deferentes con la industria, dejando a los trabajadores y a las comunidades en riesgo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actualmente, el USDA solo exige pruebas para el ganado lectante que se traslada entre estados. De lo contrario, la agencia solo fomenta las pruebas ofreciendo an\u00e1lisis voluntarios para la leche.<strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/us-undercounts-bird-flu-cattle-farmers-shun-testing-2024-08-15\/\">Veinticuatro<\/a> los hatos lecheros est\u00e1n participando en esta prueba, de aproximadamente 24,000 granjas que venden leche en todo el pa\u00eds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este programa de pruebas voluntarias, lamentablemente inadecuado, deja a los expertos en salud p\u00fablica, a los agricultores y trabajadores, y al p\u00fablico a oscuras sobre la propagaci\u00f3n de la gripe aviar y sin las herramientas que necesitamos para combatirla. No podemos seguir jugando a golpear al topo intentando contener la gripe aviar cuando (y si) las pruebas voluntarias la detectan. La propia naturaleza de la ganader\u00eda industrial hace que la propagaci\u00f3n de enfermedades sea demasiado f\u00e1cil. Las instalaciones que mantienen a los animales en confinamiento intensivo son <a href=\"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/factory-farms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-disease-we-deserve-a-healthier-food-system\/\">zonas de reproducci\u00f3n<\/a> para la enfermedad y son un importante <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/362271\/factory-farming-climate-movement-public-health-pandemics\">amenaza para la salud p\u00fablica<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lo que es m\u00e1s, el modelo de negocio de la industria lechera hace que sea a\u00fan m\u00e1s probable que las enfermedades se propaguen. En la lecher\u00eda, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2024-09-04\/bird-flu-outbreaks-confirmed-in-three-california-dairy-farms\">trashumancia de ganado<\/a> es pr\u00e1ctica habitual. Las investigaciones muestran que 1 de cada 10 terneros lecheros es trasladado poco despu\u00e9s de nacer para ser criado en \u201cranchos de terneros\u201d antes de ser enviado de vuelta a la misma u otra lecher\u00eda, corral de engorde o granja. La cifra se acerca a 1 de cada 2 terneros que son enviados desde grandes granjas industriales con m\u00e1s de 500 vacas lecheras. El traslado de todos estos animales tambi\u00e9n facilita que la gripe aviar se propague de una granja a otra.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La mayor\u00eda de los productores lecheros operan en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmaid.org\/blog\/dairys-decline-harsh-reality-for-farmers\/\">grave situaci\u00f3n financiera<\/a>. Entre 1997 y 2017, m\u00e1s de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RPT2_2301_EconomicCostofDairy-WEB.pdf\">la mitad de las lecher\u00edas de EE. UU. quebraron<\/a>. La granja lechera promedio solo obtuvo ganancias <a href=\"https:\/\/investigatemidwest.org\/2024\/09\/18\/graphic-dairy-farmer-profits-sink-as-industry-continues-to-consolidate\/\">tres veces<\/a> en los \u00faltimos veinte a\u00f1os, gracias a la consolidaci\u00f3n de la industria l\u00e1ctea en manos de unas pocas grandes cooperativas y a las malas pol\u00edticas gubernamentales que impulsan la sobreproducci\u00f3n y derrumban los precios de la leche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para un productor independiente, no poder vender su producto durante semanas es motivo de justa preocupaci\u00f3n, y nuestro gobierno debe hacer m\u00e1s para apoyarlos mientras combate la gripe aviar. Pero las poderosas empresas que dominan el mercado l\u00e1cteo tienen los recursos para actuar con decisi\u00f3n y proteger la salud humana y animal, y nuestro gobierno debe garantizar que no est\u00e9n escatimando recursos para inflar sus ganancias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jo-anne-mcarthur-TlVNZvr_lf0-unsplash-1-scaled-e1727216910231.jpg\" alt=\"una vaca blanca y negra camina detr\u00e1s de una fila de otras vacas en unero.\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jo-anne-mcarthur-TlVNZvr_lf0-unsplash-1-scaled-e1727216910231.jpg 540w, https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jo-anne-mcarthur-TlVNZvr_lf0-unsplash-1-scaled-e1727216910231-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es probable que EE. UU. tambi\u00e9n est\u00e9 subestimando los casos humanos de gripe aviar debido a la escasez de pruebas. Las pruebas de anticuerpos sugieren que los trabajadores lecheros han contra\u00eddo y se han recuperado de la gripe aviar sin que se haya detectado nunca la infecci\u00f3n activa. Muy pocos trabajadores lecheros se han hecho la prueba de la gripe aviar, incluso cuando presentan s\u00edntomas comunes. A veces esto se debe a la falta de comunicaci\u00f3n e informaci\u00f3n, ya que los trabajadores y los proveedores de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica no saben sobre la propagaci\u00f3n de la gripe aviar o que las pruebas est\u00e1n disponibles. Muchos trabajadores tambi\u00e9n evitan ir al m\u00e9dico por completo porque no tienen licencia por enfermedad pagada y no pueden permitirse faltar al trabajo o porque sus empleadores no ofrecen seguro m\u00e9dico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nuestro gobierno debe hacer m\u00e1s para proteger a los trabajadores de la gripe aviar. Si bien el USDA y algunos estados han ofrecido a las granjas EPP o el dinero para comprar EPP para los trabajadores, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefern.org\/2024\/08\/the-agency-we-need-to-check-bird-flu-lacks-the-power-to-do-it\/\">pocas granjas han aceptado la oferta<\/a>, dejando a los trabajadores la responsabilidad de proporcionar el suyo propio o quedarse sin protecci\u00f3n. Incluso si pueden comprar su propio EPP, muchos trabajadores no saben cu\u00e1les son las mejores formas de usarlo o ni siquiera que est\u00e1n en riesgo en primer lugar. Los trabajadores lecheros, muchos de los cuales son inmigrantes, merecen acceso a recursos e informaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo protegerse en sus idiomas. Dado que las lecher\u00edas suelen estar ubicadas en \u00e1reas rurales y muchos trabajadores carecen de transporte, <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2024\/07\/02\/as-bird-flu-spreads-on-dairy-farms-an-abysmal-few-workers-are-tested\/\">los trabajadores necesitan pruebas y recursos<\/a> encontrarlos donde est\u00e1n.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El confinamiento extremo y la automatizaci\u00f3n significan que las lecher\u00edas industriales pueden mantener cientos o miles de vacas con una fuerza laboral m\u00ednima. Esto permite que incluso las granjas corporativas m\u00e1s grandes y ricas se autodenominen \u201cpeque\u00f1as granjas\u201d y evadan la supervisi\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo tratan a sus trabajadores, todo mientras sacan del mercado a las verdaderas granjas lecheras peque\u00f1as e independientes. Nuestros funcionarios electos deber\u00edan empezar a servir a sus electores cerrando las lagunas legales favorables a la industria que protegen a la agroindustria (Big Ag) del escrutinio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se supone que nuestro gobierno debe trabajar para el pueblo, no para las corporaciones. Sin embargo, cuando la gripe aviar amenaza la salud p\u00fablica, nuestro gobierno ha respondido permitiendo que la industria \u201cse ofrezca como voluntaria\u201d para hacer al respecto tan poco o tanto como quiera. Necesitamos que las agencias gubernamentales ejecuten un plan coordinado y contundente para detectar y contener la gripe aviar. Los esfuerzos deben priorizar a las personas con mayor riesgo: los trabajadores av\u00edcolas y lecheros. Un sistema alimentario saludable necesita trabajadores sanos, que tengan acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, licencia por enfermedad, informaci\u00f3n y servicios esenciales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabemos sobre la propagaci\u00f3n de la gripe aviar a las vacas lecheras, los trabajadores de la industria lechera y los trabajadores av\u00edcolas desde principios de 2024, pero a\u00fan sabemos muy pocos detalles sobre cu\u00e1ntas personas y animales se est\u00e1n enfermando y c\u00f3mo podremos contener la propagaci\u00f3n de la enfermedad. De manera alarmante, en septiembre una persona que no hab\u00eda tenido contacto con animales fue hospitalizada con gripe aviar, lo que genera preocupaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo se est\u00e1 propagando la enfermedad. Desafortunadamente, las respuestas federales y estatales al brote han sido lentas y deferentes con la industria, lo que deja a los trabajadores y a las comunidades en riesgo.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[77,51,27,54,34,61,36,41],"issue":[19],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","tag-bird","tag-cafo","tag-cafos","tag-dairy","tag-farmers-and-ranchers","tag-farmworker-rights","tag-public-health","tag-workers","issue-consumer-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Government Should Be Protecting People, Not Profits, from Bird Flu - Farmstand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve known about the spread of bird flu to dairy cows, dairy workers, and poultry workers since early 2024, yet we still know very little about how many people and animals are getting sick and how we\u2019ll be able to contain the spread of disease. 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