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RFK Jr. Suggests Letting Bird Flu Spread (www.usnews.com)
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A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And no Medicaid/Medicare to pay for it. So, even if they get the care, they'll be crushed by massive debt afterward.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If a disease with anything close to a 50% case fatality rate spreads far and wide, it'll collapse human civilization. There won't be anyone to collect the debt afterward. Those who survive would have to rebuild society from the ground up.

    If it doesn't spread far and wide and it's only a small number of people who end in ICU, yeah they'll need to hire a bankrupcty lawyer once they recover.

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