PETA India said the H5N1 virus is fatal to 60 percent of people who contract it.
The death of an 11-year-old boy due to bird flu has prompted PETA India to put up a billboard to hold the meat industry responsible for the spread of zoonotic diseases.
PETA India said in an official statement that zoonotic diseases can kill not only chickens but also babies.
“An 11-year-old child from Gurgaon has died of H5N1 bird flu and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has warned the public that unless a vegetarian diet is followed, not only chickens but also children Can even die.Not fully embraced.
PETA India has put up a billboard near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the hospital where the child was taken, blaming the meat industry for the spread of zoonotic diseases, including the deadly H1N1 swine flu, which has been transmitted to humans. contracted after developing . There are also poor health outcomes.”
PETA India said the H5N1 virus is fatal to 60 percent of people who contract it.
It said earlier this year human infections with various forms of avian influenza have been reported among poultry farm workers in Russia and China, and the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed more than 50 million people worldwide, It is believed to have originated from an animal. Farm in the United States.
“The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that handling and improper cooking of diseased or dead birds can lead to a risk of infection and the H5N1 virus in eggs, both on the outside (shell) and inside (white and yolk). It is possible.”
It added that live poultry markets across India are considered a major source of H5N1 infection in humans and sick chickens are common in such places.
PETA India Vegan Foods and Nutrition Specialist Dr Kiran Ahuja said, “The development and outbreak of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19, bird flu and swine flu are as frightening as they are preventable.”
“PETA India reminds everyone that if you eat a vegetarian diet you will not be supporting diseased factory farms and live-animal markets,” he said.
PETA India said that since November 2003, more than 700 human infections with the Asian H5N1 virus have been reported to the WHO.
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