• N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Given the fact that D1.1 seems to be more virulent in humans, this could indicate a major change in terms of public health risks from the earlier scenario with the B3.13 strain,” veterinary science pioneer Juergen Richt, a former director at the National Institutes of Health, tells Fortune.

    Hopefully it doesn’t amount to anything, but if it does, we’re fucked. States will lose federal funding for even suggesting people take basic precautions.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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      If nothing happens now, there’ll be another chance sub enough. Industrial animal husbandry is pretty much a pandemic generator.