There are diseases and there is a high probability of infection. But how exactly, why exactly, who exactly, to what degree of severity exactly, that is a matter that I cannot judge and am therefore not in a position to debate it in detail. At the very beginning of the affair, I listened to a sensible virologist who was actually one of the few in 2020 to examine families and households and document the results. As far as I remember, the results showed that the infections by no means followed a clear pattern of contagion. Rather an ambiguous one that was difficult to interpret.

Because of this whole thing, I began to doubt for the first time that there is such a thing as epidemics/pandemics among humans and also how, for example, the so-called plague could be considered the sole cause of mass deaths in the past. I used to take this at face value, but have stopped doing so.

However, I am not surprised that something like this happens to animals, as the conditions for them in factory farming cannot be compared with us humans. For example, I would also attribute mass deaths in the past to other causes, including the isolation and poor treatment of the sick.

I do not share the fear of contagion in principle. But it would lead way to far to explain, why.