American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Jul 4 2025 In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – argue that the recent proposal to permit the uncontrolled spread of highly pathogenic avian influence (HPAI) among U.S. poultry to identify birds that survive infection is dangerous and unethical. "Allowing a highly lethal, rapidly evolving, and contagious virus to run a natural course of infection in