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With misinformation and murky details on bird flu and measles outbreaks, experts worry about the next pandemic

Amid controversial dismissals for independent advisers and staff at health agencies, alongside lackluster responses to the bird flu and measles outbreaks, experts fear the US is now in worse shape to respond to a pandemic than before 2020.

H5N1, which has received less attention under the Trump administration than from Biden’s team, is not the only influenza virus or even the only variant of bird flu with the potential to spark a pandemic. But a subpar response to the ongoing US outbreak signals a larger issue: America is not ready for whatever pathogen will sweep through next.

“We have not even remotely maintained the level of pandemic preparedness – which needed a lot of work, as we saw from the Covid pandemic,” said Angela Rasmussen, an American virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. “But now, we essentially have no pandemic preparedness.”

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Well, at least we can close the airports and harbours to Americans. And as COVID has shown, we are well capable to brew our own, successful vaccines.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Our president is a moron who's been quoted to say, "If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any."

The head of Health and Human Services is an antivaxer with worms in his brain who believes in Chem trails and that HIV is a harmless virus that doesn't cause AIDS.

It's not eroding, it's

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

This is brilliantly stated - thank you.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Lemmy Level-Up Post Unlocked!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Hey, I think I'm experiencing déjà vu. Wasn't it Trump who cut pandemic preparedness last time too. You know, right before the last global pandemic that killed over a million Americans?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Musk already killed millions of people with his cuts, he's right up there with Hitler, victim wise, so I'm sure Trump won't want to stay behind.

I squarely blame Trump for the last million victims bect of his extreme mismanagent and misinformation, but that still doesn't get him close enough to Elmo, but with these new actions, trump is back in the race, babey!

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

this is what happens when you elect a cult of idiots

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Time to drink bleach and horse dewormer again you idiot hicks.

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