Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain why that’s a dangerous idea

A rising number of of great-horned owls, bald eagles and red-tailed hawks have been dying from the Avian (Bird) Flu, and experts at the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center say treating wildlife may become a new normal for them.

The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.