• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    We turned the meat industry into a disease factory because that’s more efficient, make sure the financial system incentives everybody in the industry to shut up and remain uncooperative with investigations and measures, rolled out the ads for people to travel all around the world so things can spread and have such an unhealthy political climate that even mentioning a risk in drinking raw milk drives up the sale of raw milk. What’s the worst that can happen, right?

    H5N1. High five flu. No 1 left alive

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      Meat industry + destruction of natural habitats forcing wild animals into contact with domesticated animals or directly with humans + general climate change making the spread of diseases more easy…

      The rate and intensity of pandemics is increasing and we are doing barely anything to address the root causes. Because that would mean to reduce some individuals profits and make some small adjustments to our consumption routines, while restoring nature that is sustaining us. And that is out of the question.

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        The rate and intensity of pandemics is increasing

        And as usual, this was predicted, warned about, is happening and stubbornly ignored. One of those many cans kicked down the road until the pile is too big to kick and starts to blocks the road.

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    Well, surely we’ll take the news of an incoming infectious disease with enormous spreading potential seriously this time(!)

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      Russian and US propagandists are already on the loose, preparing to get people in the target countries not to follow practices like WFO or wearing masks in croweded places.

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    Just wait until enough MAGA heads have drunk raw milk out of pure spite and turn the bird flu into the MAGA Malady pandemic.

    The first pandemic caused primarily by human stupidity…

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    My understanding is risk is low on this one as we already have a prepared and tested vaccine, and we have a known medicative treatment.

    So it’d suck if it spreads but we at least have the tools to fight it on hand.

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      Unless a large subset or the population would inexplicably refuse to get vaccinated. 🤷

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        They sure put a damper on the spread of COVID, even with a bunch of idiots refusing to take them.

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          Covid had a ~5% mortality rate at the peak, H5N1 has a mortality rate of ~56%, a damper won’t be enough

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            Something makes me think people would be more willing to take vaccines when facing down a life or death coin flip. At that point their “concerns” over long term effects don’t matter as much.

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            So the ignoreant will perish and the rest of us will pick up after them. Kinda sounds like climate change tbh.

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              That’s unfortunately not how it works.
              The unvaccinated people become mutation factories and create new variants that we don’t have a vaccine for yet, that’s why you need a booster every year.

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          The unvaccinated people become mutation factories and create new variants that we don’t have a vaccine for yet, that’s why you need a booster every year.
          If you’re vaccinated and surrounded by unvaccinated people. You may as well be unvaccinated.

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            If you’re vaccinated and surrounded by unvaccinated people. You may as well be unvaccinated.

            This is exactly what anti-vax people say. Vaccination helps, regardless.

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              Are you retarded?
              Anti-vax people depend on heard immunity bullshit. My argument is that not enough people are getting vaccinated and you think that means I’m Anti-vax?
              Jesus Christ I’m glad stupid isn’t contagious.
              Get fucked asswipe.

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                Getting vaccinated helps and is advisable, regardless of whether a mutation occurs in addition to the target strain.

                And yes, anti-vax people say it doesn’t matter if you get vaccinated, just like you. But thanks for proving yourself to be as vapid as them, too.

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    “experts warn of potential” is journalist speak for “I didn’t actually read the paper”

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    Oh boy, time to risk us all again. At least it’ll help cull the antivaxers out a little.

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    I feel dirty admitting this, but this time I’m on the side of disinformation. More lives will be saved by saving our nation from the fascists. This time, I won’t be trying to talk any sense into them. I want them to ignore the science and distrust medicine.

    Our nation’s most vulnerable groups as well as our planet’s normal (non-conservative) people are on the verge of being permanently oppressed and/or exterminated. If stepping aside and allowing the oppressors to kill themselves will prevent that outcome, then we need to grow a spine and do exactly that. Let’s encourage them to shrink their voting base while voting is still relevant.

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      The thing about disease is that it spreads.

      There are people today dealing with serious complications of COVID even years later who were infected by stupid people doing stupid selfish things.

      Everyone suffers if morons become willing petri dishes.

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        The thing about fascists is, they will kill and oppress more of us than a poorly managed disease. And it will be permanent.

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      Can I have your vaccine, since you don’t want it? Also, can you please let your friends know that Bill Gates made this one too? I think it has 6G trackers in it this time.