Like most 'could's this is probably fine, but I really wouldn't want to play dice with mink and the flu. It's basically the perfect laboratory for human spread.
It sounds like for the USDA at least it's partly an unclear authority issue:
"Vaccinating the mink [...] or reimbursement for depopulated animals requires USDA to establish mink-specific regulatory authority and dedicated programs for HPAI response in mink."[0]
But nonetheless, what a supremely stupid way to die.
It sounds like for the USDA at least it's partly an unclear authority issue:
"Vaccinating the mink [...] or reimbursement for depopulated animals requires USDA to establish mink-specific regulatory authority and dedicated programs for HPAI response in mink."[0]
But nonetheless, what a supremely stupid way to die.
[0]: https://virological.org/t/preliminary-report-on-h5n1-highly-...