Jim Keen: Mink farms are a perfect breeding ground for COVID-19

U.S. officials are ignoring the threat of mink farms to public health.

(Mads Claus Rasmussen | Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

In this photo dated Nov. 6, 2020, mink look out from a pen on a farm near Naestved, Denmark.

(Mads Claus Rasmussen | Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo dated Nov. 6, 2020, mink look out from a pen on a farm near Naestved, Denmark.

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