xnx ,
@xnx@slrpnk.net avatar

Everyone in this thread worried because of how we handled the “last” pandemic… you should be more worried about how we’re handling the CURRENT pandemic you’ve been convinced is over because the rich people wanted you back in the office.

Covid is top 4 leading causes of death, makes you more susceptible to die from the top 3 causes, is disabling millions of people every year still, and destroys your immune system / Tcells similar to HIV. Aids wasnt discovered until around 10 years after people were first getting HIV

chronicledmonocle ,

FML Bird Flu is going to be the next COVID.....isn't it?

Good thing we figured out a lot of the social distancing, WFH, and masking stuff last time, I guess.

Chainweasel ,

While "next" is technically correct, it'll be far worse than Covid was/is.
Covid was our practice round and we failed.
Not only is Bird Flu orders of magnitude more deadly than Covid, people are so thoroughly sick of pandemic protocols that we'll never get the kind of mask adoption we saw during Covid and even that was abysmal.
Employers will never allow people to work from home again if they can help it, they're still Fighting to claw the rest back now.

This will likely be our last pandemic.

blargerer ,

Still no confirmed human to human transmission, they all worked at the same poultry farm. Likely not another world ending pandemic yet.

TransplantedSconie ,
@TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee avatar

Oh boy! Good thing I got a ton of N95 masks from the last one.

ptz ,
@ptz@dubvee.org avatar

And I'll sleep better knowing how well we handled the last pandemic (nervous laughter).

But serious question time: now that it's made it's way to humans, does that mean we can start working on a vaccine?

kescusay ,
@kescusay@lemmy.world avatar

According to the CDC, vaccines are already in the works.

xnx ,
@xnx@slrpnk.net avatar

You mean the current one? The covid pandemic is still raging killing 2,000+ a month in the US alone and disabling millions a year. Its in the top 4 leading causes of death and makes you more susceptible to die from the top 3 causes

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