• dukeofdummies@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I was literally just thinking that.

      If we get ANOTHER pandemic after putting absolutely no effort in improving world healthcare… God that’d be so depressing.

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        4 days ago

        Viruses have been around since humans and will continue to be. We can improve our observation of them by getting close to their origin so we can prepare for them. Viruses can orginate anywhere, including the US. China, with its huge population is an exceptional breeding ground.

        • dukeofdummies@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          I mean, yeah, but we aren’t doing much to prepare. With covid we had mask shortages, ventilator shortages, with a for profit Healthcare system the incentives to have more than you need are low. Even now a hurricane has given us an IV fluid shortage because it’s all built in one place.

          I know we’re paying attention to emerging viruses but when it finally happens are we just gonna watch a train wreck in slow motion? You think this doge committee is going to maintain that?

          How come nobody wanted to talk about that during the election? What did we learn from covid and how should we react next time?

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      4 days ago

      Drain the swamp one way or another.

      The elites will probably vaccinate, but their followers never will - it will become the official purity test of MAGA