How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic - KFF Health News
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Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the sluggish pace of federal action, a deference to industry, and neglect for the safety of low-wage workers put the country at risk of another health emergency.

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
    25·
    1 day ago

    As long as there’s a good, available vaccine, IDGAF. I’ll make sure my family gets quadruply vaccinated, and wait for idiots that reject vaccines to start beefing it.

    https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/872/842/1c4.png

    I will be sad for old folks, babies, people who are pregnant, and the immunocompromised though. We just need to learn this lesson sooner rather than later, before it’s something completely fucked up like nipah virus, which will fuck our shit up if we don’t have a damn good vaccine and containment protocols in place.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      10·
      1 day ago

      I love how naively you think that you’ll be able to get your hands on a vaccine in the US…

      If you’re not in the US, lucky for you!

      • msage@programming.dev
        3·
        14 hours ago

        Even if you get vaccines, with an entire continent being absolutely ravaged, you won’t be safe, no matter how far you live. We live in an interconnected world, and do a lot of travel.

        • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Good point.

          After the inevitable mass deaths, People like rfk should be held accountable for mass murder