Biden admin battle with state officials in Texas, Idaho over bird flu outbreak: ‘Bless their hearts’ [Video]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials attempting to investigate dairy farms and cows for bird flu are facing opposition from farmers and state officials. 

The CDC has warned that bird flu cases carry a risk of becoming another pandemic. But the agency, which became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing resistance from state officials and dairy farmers, especially in Republican-controlled states. 

“It’s overreach,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Politico. “They don’t need to do that. They need to back off.” 

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“We haven’t found a dairy farm that is interested in participating,” Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, told the outlet.

CDC Principal Deputy Director Nirav Shah stressed the severity of the situation.

“We’ve all seen how a virus can spread around the globe before public health has even had a chance to get …