Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction
Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction
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Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction
Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction - a single mutation would allow it to bind to key human receptors
This would be a good moment for every country to be investing heavily in vaccines. A bird flu pandemic will most likely be far worse than COVID was, and the virus is all around us just waiting for the right mutation.
Instead, the USA has put RFK Jr, an extreme paranoid antivax fool, in charge of the Department of Health, and the Republicans are talking about banning most or all vaccines and forbidding health professionals from recommending vaccines. There is absolutely no logic or science behind this - it's based on irrational feelings. This could get a large chunk of the US population killed quite soon, worsen the pandemic for every other country around the world, and set back vaccine development and production for the whole world.
This could go down in history as one of the most self-destructive political decisions ever made. It will make other idiocies like Brexit and tariffs look like a walk in the park.
I know lots of antivaxxers spread Covid while traveling and the avian pandemic will likely have just as much help if not more now. Capitalism giving those fat greasy dollars the ability to travel anywhere, so there go tourist destinations.
Good, good, more dead republicans.
More dead everyone, because they're planning to obstruct everyone's access to vaccines and hamper vaccine research and development.
Would be interesting to see the US take a nosedive not seen before in history
I'm sure they'll find some scapegoat somewhere that they'll lynch and then everyone is happy and noone has to take responsibility for the millions of deaths
Just blame the gays, Jews, Muslims, Palestinians, Chinese, poor, homeless, mentally ill, whatever vulnerable group, easy peasy
I keep hearing this but its unclear to me why we should expect this strain to be worse than say, the Swine Flu that hit several years before Covid? I know it caused a few deaths but was generally pretty forgettable and short lived in peoples awareness.
Because it spreads by birds, who migrate a lot and is less fatal to them. And when a human catches it, i ha a high death rate. Currently the species jump is rare and only for those in contact with birds, but that could change.
Then it’s a constantly spreading disease with a high death rate.
OK but my lungs never recovered from swine flu. It wasn't as bad as it could've been, but it's not like it was no big deal.
And back then vaccines were apolitical
To be fair, RFK Jr has not been approved yet. He almost certainly will be, but so far he's just been nominated.