I would be worried, but we've got a lot of really competent people coming to run the government, so it's all good!
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I really enjoyed the lack of people on the roads the first time around. Would look forward to it.
Kind of zen tbh. Not because it's not bad, but more because there's nothing I can do about it atm, and it's hard to accurately evaluate the risks involved. If cases start getting reported near me, I'll probably start wearing a mask in public spaces.
I know someone that isn't worried about future pandemics because of the success of mRNA vaccines with covid, but that seems too optimistic to me.
The first working Covid vaccine was developed around the same time most countries officially started locking down if I recall. mRNA vaccines definitely proved how fast we can accomplish this. I know the US at least was also heavily investing into vaccines for bird flu already since they deemed that to be the next threat.
Either way, Iβm with you on the zen thing. Itβs hard to worry, but given how fast our tech works now Iβm not super freaked about it. Honestly Iβm more worried about the government not letting me take the vaccine.
Lockdown was in the spring of 2020.
The first covid vaccines started being administered in very late December 2020, but were initially in limited supply and were given to first responders and health care workers first, then priority was given to the immunocompromised. The vaccines weren't available to the general public until early March 2021, almost a year after lockdown.
In that first year, about 650,000 Americans died of covid - about one in every 500 people.
Thereβs a great 60 minutes interview with the husband and wife of BioNtech. They talked about having a vaccine in February already that was producing an immune response in mice and by May of 2020 they already started a trial. The speed that we went from first hearing about Covid, to lock down, to having a vaccine is and was incredible. The US already talked at one point about having bird flu vaccines made and stockpiling them for this exact reason.
Stop supporting animal agriculture completely so you can avoid the risk of future pandemics entirely as having animals bunched up in filthy slaughter warehouses is not sanitary proven by the fact they use antibiotics.
Take the 30 day pledge to take better care of your health.
animal agriculture
I think you meant, animal husbandry. Animal agriculture makes no damn sense.
avoid the risk of future pandemics entirely
Nature just does this. There's no way to avoid this other than killing every living being that "travels"; plant, animal or microorganism. For example, look up the American Chestnut.
didn't you try that?
I think it'll cross over eventually, but there isn't a lot I can do to stop it. I have pandemic supplies and excellent knowledge from the last one and will hopefully come through okay.
I'm kinda fear-and-doom burnt out TBH.
No, because thereβs still no significant human-to-human spread. All human cases got it from exposure to birds or drinking raw milk from infected cows. I wonβt worry about it until it mutates into something humans can spread easily to each other.
My take as well. I have no shits to give until we see a mutation take off and go widespread. Global health authorities have eyes on this and they know far more than us lemmings.
Yes. I don't know what to do about it on a personal level, but H5N1 is more deadly than Covid and seems pretty much guaranteed to get loose and wreak havoc.
I think Covid gave us the idea that we can have a big pandemic but things can continue, I'll still get fed, nothing will collapse. Not every pandemic is like that.
I still mask in public spaces and maybe a deadly pandemic will be less dangerous than an undistracted project 2025.
Meh.
There is a strategic stockpile of a bird flu vaccine, so no.
RKJ will recall that vaccine so don't count on that.
If I'm honest, I'm hoping for another lock down so I can just stay inside.
Gotta die sometime, right?
(not sure if /s or not here myself...)