US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal
US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal
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US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal
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This is at least being proactive against a pandemic unlike the previous administration who eliminated the Pandemic Response Team in 2018.
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And then told everyone, more or less, that if you're a real American you should be licking at least 5 cows a day and then coughing on your neighbors to prove you're not a coward
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Sigh, I guess I'll go and stock up on some more masks and even a respirator with some p3 filters just to be sure...
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Oh for fucks sake.
There are farm workers that work next to infected animals every day in the US, right now, in many states. Sometimes they get bird flu. Just a handful of times that we know of, so far, which probably means it's happened a decent amount more than that.
The official guidance is "try not to get any of the fluids you are coming in contact with on you or anything, that might be really bad, good luck."
It's not a great strategy overall, in my opinion, to be honest.
I agree. I'm also worried about the lack of incentives for testing. Currently you get $75 for being tested. That's fine, but they should get more if they test positive. They will lose more money from that from missed work time, they could even lose their job after a positive test. So many refuse. We don't have a complete picture of what's happening right now with the lack of testing participation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/26/bird-flu-spreading-dairy-farm-workers-but-not-testing/73842450007/
Or we could even have something like nationwide paid sick leave and none of this would be an issue. But no, that would be crazy.
Also, many of these farm workers are likely undocumented immigrants, further complicating things.
And they refuse to give those workers protective gear too.