Uh oh, better start buttering up all the nurses and grocery store employees as "hero's" again since this country has done everything possible to screw them in them last 4 years since COVID ended.
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
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"ended"
COVID will likely never "end". Sure, the lockdowns have, and there aren't as many cases, but there are still thousands of cases, and at least a hundred deaths a week, in the UK alone.
Also Long Covid is still a thing ruining lives, and you have about the same risk of getting it with each new Covid infection. Not to mention that even without Long Covid, the disease has been proven to reduce mental faculties by several IQ points too as well as increase the chances of getting dementia: https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-with-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216
The UK paid nurses extra with applause, what more could be done?
The last bird flu that hit humans, if I remember, had a 30% mortality rate. So this should be fun.
A world wide pandemic and lockdown might as well be what saves the planet from further warming.. or at least bide us some time.
Ending fossil fuels and animal agriculture are pretty good options.
Unlikely. The COVID lockdowns only decreased carbon emissions ~8%.
A 30% mortality rate would probably do a lot more than that over the long term. Especially if it’s the coal rolling dude bros who get it from raw milk.
Plus it was an 8% reduction we never would have gotten otherwise. I’ll take it!
As of right now we'd only have to quarantine the US... just like we might do in November
But inaction, conspiracy and stupidity would ensure a global spread like last time. (Take your pick for birdflu/November)
Do you volunteer to be sacrificed for the good of your planet or nah?
Friendly reminder that these pandemics are the direct result of animal exploitation and carnists have themselves to thank for making the entire world suffer to an incalculable extent, just so they can have 5 minutes of mouth pleasure.
Those "super bugs" and antibiotic-resistant bacteria you've heard scientists express dire concern about for many years? Yep. This is it. And it'll only continue happening as long as we allow animals to be systemically bred into existence and exploited.
The majority of the antibiotics we produce are given to animals in factory farms, at doses so high they shit out the bulk of it. This contaminates the soil, streams and lakes with antibiotics, resulting in resistant bacteria. The best part? Antibiotics are sometimes given to healthy animals to fatten them up. (This last bit is illegal in the EU and now China also.)
No fuck you. I'm not staying inside again.
A bird flu pandemic would be so much worse than COVID, you're looking at a 30-50% mortality rate
So tbh go outside when it happens, if this is your attitude. You probably won't live long enough to cause much harm to others.
Well then stop buying grocery store meat that comes from factory farms as all them cram the farm animals together and are completely unsanitary with them being so close together.
No please don’t fuck me, that might transmit the disease to me.