‘It’s completely out of control’: Scientists warn bird flu could spark a human pandemic in 2026 | BBC Science Focus Magazine

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/bird-flu-2026-analysis

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Carnelian@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 270d (5 replies)

Hey at least covid showed us we’re prepared to handle that really well

Shadow@lemmy.ca · 49 pts · 270d

Gotta say, a safe vaccine in under a year was pretty impressive. The rest.... not so much.

trailee@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 270d (3 replies)

Trump Pandemic Response II: Electric Boogaloo

What’s an ICE agent to do with virus masking mandates???

Get ready for bleach and the light inside the body.

MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Oh ffs please don’t

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 268d

If you are an ICE agent; please do.

eletes@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 269d

The right wing nut jobs are gonna say it was concocted to hinder the Trump presidency and that COVID was as well

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Great timing too, as fascism and anti-intellectialism grows and spreads. As the US is deregulating anything it can, threats of climate change become real... Many populations of birds and mammals are struggling to survive as it is, and throwing something this deadly into the mix doesn't just hurt humans from our own pandemic, but it becomes a food issue as well. It's a compounding issue. Even just birds, they eat bugs that are crop killers. So we're losing meat and produce.

krashmo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 270d

Hopefully this time more of the idiots will kill themselves by spitting into each other's mouths when sick, or whatever other dumb ideas they come up with. That would solve a lot of problems for us.

yopp@infosec.pub · 21 pts · 269d (2 replies)

There are reasons for optimism: vaccines and antivirals should be effective against avian influenza, and the world is far better prepared thanks to lessons learned from COVID, particularly in diagnostics and global surveillance.

Oh you sweet summer child

stickly@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 269d (1 reply)

The USA? No. The world as a whole? Probably.

yopp@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 268d

Nah. On my 5 international flights around europe/middle-east this year I was the only person in mask.

Tbh, it took me like 2 covids, or whatever that was, to get back to masking in crowded places. And it’s hard to keep masking because social pressure is very much real.

This is stupid. We did not learn a thing

Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 270d (3 replies)

Time to play Plague inc. Again

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 268d (1 reply)

It started in Madagascar this time.

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 267d

Ya gotta start in a wet environment.

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 265d

The board game Pandemic predates COVID and is very highly rated, especially the version with a campaign.