At least we all learned our lessons from the last one and will definitely have no issues when it happens again. /s
Of course they learned a lesson! Only about a million people died in the US and the rich got over $1 trillion richer, so this time they’ll let 10 million die so the rich can get $10 trillion richer!
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They’re not going to wear a mask for this one either, huh?
But the dairy farmers have said they’re not milking sick cows! What else could they possibly do?
We will know if we are genuinely in the darkest time line if we get another pandemic and Trump become president again. Because that was such a great combination last time /s
I’m following this closely and posting updates as I have them in /c/h5n1_avianflu. I believe once this gets into pigs, it will mutate to be able to infect humans easier and possibly gain H2H. When that happens… not if… be prepared to wear a mask and social distance. People will overwhelm the hospitals and the mortality rate will be higher then we believe it to be. Protect yourselves and your loved ones.
We all know how well people responded to COVID…
We might be more screwed
Timeframe?
They aren’t testing pigs and what testing is being done on cows isn’t expansive by any means. We won’t know until people start getting sick.
Turns out Covid was just round 1 of international pandemics from China.
Edit: yes, technically it was round 4 (SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Covid, now Bird Flu: this time its personal)
What does this one have to do with China?
I don’t think that China is the only vector for a potential pandemic (MERS didn’t start in China after all), but China does have the crowded wet markets full of exotic animals trapped from all over the country in small cages, which is the good way to get a virus to make the jump to us. That may or may not have been what happened with COVID, but it is a huge risk even if it has yet to happen.
if you think wet markets are a good source of zoonotic viruses I have great news about factory-farms
Yes, those are also a good source. I’m not sure why you think I believe there’s only one source.
Bird flu originated in China and its ability to jump species, as well as its lethality, was well documented there too.
Not according to the CDC.
The first description of avian influenza (bird flu) dates to 1878 in northern Italy, when it was described as a contagious disease of poultry associated with high mortality, referred to as “fowl plague.” At the turn of the 20th century, it was determined that “fowl plague” was caused by a virus; however, it was not until 1955 that the virus was shown to be a type A influenza virus. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/timeline/avian-timeline-background.htm
Thats a strain of bird flu.
This strain originated in China.
Proof please.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01036-1
Specifically:
In 1996, the influenza strain called H5N1 was first detected in birds in China.
In 1996
What am i looking at exactly there? It cant be human pop distribution.
It is (though outdated)
The North America and Asia colours are confusing. I thought the 60% was North America.
More animal exploitation, more zoonotic diseases yayyy 🥰
Someone had to find a flying monkey in China. What happened next wasn’t the immediate investigation of the species. It’s China so it probably got fried in street oil and bam new bird flu.
congrats, this is both the dumbest and the most racist thing ive read on lemmy this week (which is saying something)
Can’t think of a bigger self report than seeing racism on Lemmy frequently
