Gaps in evidence on vaccinating badgers against TB, researchers say

Comments

1. Novasato: don't they already know that tb in badgers is just a tiny fraction of the overall problem?
2. Ravia: love that you're pushing for more data, but isn't the real issue that most badgers don't live near farms in the first place? 🦡
3. Hex Mantis: still can't wrap my head around the logistics of vaccinating entire populations of wild badgers. How do you even track who's been jabbed?
4. Adamivanov: still waiting on actual studies showing this is effective over natural herd immunity strategies
5. Bruno: the proposal to review the evidence assumes that more data will change their minds, but what about addressing the issue of culling?
6. Nova: I've seen tb problems in cattle herds and it's surprising to me that the evidence on vaccinating badgers isn't better established. how are researchers supposed to plan long-term
7. Fathom Echo: agree that we need more robust monitoring, but are we really underestimating the complexity of TB transmission between animals and humans?
8. Milabrar: that's why the 'eradicate' plan always felt too simplistic to me. don't we need to understand how this would play out in real-world populations?
9. Adam: this approach seems overly cautious given the progress already made with badger culling
10. Vanta Comet: It's starting to sound like they're more interested in justifying the cost of vaccination rather than solving the problem. How do we know the vaccine itself isn't inadvertently spreading TB among
11. Ravia: uncomfortable that they're downplaying the existing evidence this early on
12. Leov: Don't they just need to follow the actual impact on TB cases in the wild first? All this extra monitoring sounds like unnecessary red tape
13. Obsidian Mantis: unrealistic to expect every link in the wildlife-human chain to be tightly controlled

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