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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Corona 2 was not on my armageddon bingo card.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

I'm not surprised at all. Bird flu has gone form a major to a massive problem in the last year. We just had to wait for it to mutate and infect mamals regularly (it already happened every now and then).

A few days ago there was also news about cats in Poland being infected. It already infects humans sometimes. No human to human infections yet, but I guess with a strain that's mamal compatible, it will come sooner or later (probably sooner).

This is what happens when you put a shit ton of animals in cages together. It will not become better until we find our place in the ecology again, instead of believing we live outside it. This doesn't just apply to infectious diseases.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bird flu is an influenza virus, not a corona virus. Thus the "flu" in "bird flu".

Also, Covid-19 wasn't Corona 1, we already had SARS, etc.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I was referring to the situation and not the virus type.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This can easily be worse, saddly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We already have a distribution infrastructure in place for seasonal flu vaccines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And we have lots of people who refuse to get them because "I'm healthy, I exercise and I eat right."

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I thought they did software updates monthly these days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bird flu is worse than covid-19. Bird flu is like rabies you catch by breathing.

Fortunately, so far it seems it isn't transmitted to nor amongst mammals as easily as birds.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Thank goodness we can trust everyone to care for one another and act appropriately after all the lessons learned from COVID 19. /s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flu Found at Fur Farms in Finland

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

On a Friday

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well heck, if the birds and furs and Finns can get it, who's safe?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hohoho, Mr. Finn, you're going to have fins again!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, America can't blame China this time. What to do?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Burn a koran?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's always fur farms

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

TIL Finland has fur farms

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