“Instead of trying to stop the outbreak and prevent it from spilling into humans, state and federal officials have done little except try to keep its existence quiet, our investigation shows.”
Utah has known since mid-August. Its plan is silence. There are no federal rules for sick mink, so every agency gets to say it isn’t their job. Mink are the textbook mixing vessel for a flu that jumps to people, and the response is a gag order.