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.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Hahahahahaha jesus tapdancing christ this timeline is fucking wild. He is going to create the conditions for the next pandemic. It’s gonna start here. I’m calling it now.

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          10 hours ago

          Still epidemic, and I’m pretty sure it won’t become pandemic because developed countries and developing countries (where do I even place the USA now) trust in vaccinations

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            eh, pandemic, epidemic, what’s the difference?

            I know there’s actually a difference and the difference does matter, but I don’t know what the difference is and I use the two words interchangeably. My point was that shit’s fucked.

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          enough people are still immune, i suspect chickenpox will make a big comeback, since the vaccine also doesnt entirely protect against it either, there have been people getting shingles while vaccinated later in life, so they got reinfected at some point. chickenpox is also pretty severe in adults, in men it can cause orchitis.

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          We’re going to have at least two pandemics at the same time, and the USA will have no government left to deal with it, just a few kooks and Nazis with their theories of eugenics, random vitamins, bleach, horse dewormers and survival of the most racially superior.