Response to Dr.Johnson (In regards to Modern Pork Production and H1N1 Virus)

Throughout the history of food production common animals such as cows and chickens have been injected with steroids, while being confined in 1" by 1" cages. The question that comes to mind is that first and foremost, where are the ethics and morals of these producers? Do they have a conscience and if they do, does money only motivate the CEO's and Presidents of these food production companies? The answer is yes. Corporations do not care about the likelihood of these animals and neither do they care about the average American citizen who can only afford these types of steroid infested animals. However the alternative for this problem, is permitting these animals to live a long and satisfied life. But on one hand the cost for purchasing organic meats in extremely expensive in comparison to the average steroid injected animals. Honestly when I was shopping for my parents one day at Stop and Shop, they were advertising organic boneless chicken breasts, and the price was ridiculous at $7.99/lb, which is completely ridiculous. This makes healthy food unaffordable for the average person which implies that society wants Americans to consume unnatural food. Why? I thought that the U.S.A is the best country in the whole world. Well I guess that my hypothesis was wrong and only the upper echelon of society thrives while the rest suffer. Truly who can afford to consume organic food, especially while supporting a family? The upper class and maybe the upper middle class in some situations, but anyone who falls into the lower classes (middle,lower-middle,working,and lower) cannot afford to provide themselves and their family with these organic products. On the other hand what actually is injected into these animals? We know that steroids are being injected but is that all? How do we not know that poison or another unnatural substance is being used? Again we do not know and willingly, we still consume these poor animals. On the other hand in regards to the viruses (H1N1,H3N2), do these animals obtain these infectious diseases through the unsanitary conditions that are prevalent throughout slaughterhouses? In combination with the chemicals (via injection) and these terrible conditions, animals are more likely to become sickly than an animal who is left to live a complete healthy life.