Importantly, scientists have determined that the genetic changes in the bird flu’s genome, that have accelerated the development of the panzootic, have been driven by climate change. A comment by wildlife ecologist Diann Prosser at the Eastern Ecological Science Center located in Maryland Laurel US and her team, published in Nature Microbiology in November 2023, titled, “Climate change impacts on bird migration and highly pathogenic avian influenza,” stated that “Climate change patterns appear to parallel an unprecedented global spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).”
The current outbreak in US dairy cows poses an enormous threat to human populations. This threat is being expanded by the US ruling elites’ program of trashing basic public health measures in the interests of big business with the continuing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. “Forever COVID” is being expanded to avian influenza, but with even more lethal consequences if it becomes a pandemic.
President elect Donald Trump’s recent selection of anti-vaccine zealot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as his appointment of Great Barrington Declaration co-author Jay Bhattacharya to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and television doctor Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), alongside other vicious opponents of public health to fill out the health agencies, clearly demonstrates that public health will be further eviscerated for the interests of big business, neutering the potential of science to solve these crucial questions for the future of humanity.
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Since 2003, 51% of the 903 people infected have died.
Currently, without a vaccine, there is the potential for this being a very grave threat.
Please take a moment to read this article and continue to pay attention to this issue. The CDC has a page here https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html Given the situation with the US presidency, I would suggest finding other trustworthy sources.
I’ve pulled quotes from the article to express my personal opinion on the issue. That being that our increasing consumption of animals raised on factory farms, our reliance on fossil fuels, and general culture of over-consumption is contributing to both climate change and a measurable increase in livestock disease.
From my perspective, we are quite literally on the path of a death spiral. Everyone should be taking their consumption of animal products very seriously and finding ways to reduce by any amount. I’m not vegan nor do I intend to be but I do go out of my way to source animal products from smaller local farms. Please, take time to learn to cook for yourself using fresh foods. I believe quality nutritional intake should be the single highest priority for everyone.
Oh so the “gut pandemic preparedness” president is going to have another pandemic on his hands?
I can’t wait for half his supporters to say he’s doing a great job and Grandma is going to have to die for the economy again.
And then the other half with their tinfoil hats to cry about how this is certainly an engineered situation to make him look bad.
When universal healthcare is mentioned: WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GOVERNMENT DEATH PANELS DECIDING IF GRANDMA LIVES OR DIES!
When a pandemic happens when their guy is in office: The economy should decide if grandma lives or dies. It’s the only Reich thing to do.
Oh man, I remember arguing with some asshole on Reddit that I was ok with masks and lockdown if it meant my parents didn’t die and his response was they’re going to die eventually anyway so none of the restrictions are worthwhile.
I’m really tired of the ‘fuck everybody else’ mentality. It’s so disgusting and disappointing.
As long as we reward those kinda people, rather than gruesome instant punishments, they will forever rule us.