• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I think bird flu is deadly enough that people will actually take it seriously, the survival rate of Covid was high enough it was possible you would know multiple people who’ve had it and survived.

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      1 month ago

      But if it does kick off, it’s going to kick off with absolutely the worst people in charge of managing it coupled with lunatics running podcasts who see everything as a conspiracy or are snakeoil salesman/women with a massive reach.

      It’s going to rival the Black Death if it happens under Trumps administration.

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        1 month ago

        Thankfully, I’m nowhere near the USA, and my country has largely competent leaders, so I’ll be watching in horror from the other side of the world.

      • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deM
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        1 month ago

        no it won’t. plenty of infected people probably got under the radar because they thought it’s regular flu. covid initially had much higher fatality too