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What are your thoughts about H5N1 "bird flu"? Are you doing anything to prepare? Think it's overblown? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

arious far-right groups basically created the framework for their anti-science actions with the COVID pandemic and various anti-vaxx groups that existed before it. Therefore they will double down in their efforts to resist any kinds of mitigation efforts because of “freedom” and “do not comply”. Hell, many of them are buying raw milk in hopes of “gaining immunity” and of course “owning the libs”!

That was a "viable" strategy for a disease with a 1% mortality rate. H5N1 is expected to be much higher AFAICT. And there is some solid analysis showing that this particular form of owning the libs resulted in some swung elections.