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Global Covid-19 cases up 80% as new sub-variant emerges (www.straitstimes.com)
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WHO warned that the reported number of cases and deaths do not reflect the true numbers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This is why we are completely screwed if a bird flu or other highly transmissible but more deadly than Covid virus starts spreading. There are people who not only will not follow basic health and safety guidelines, they will actively fight, and sabotage other's attempts at following the guidelines.

The other part of the equation is that if the wealthier countries had not only shut down but quickly provided vaccines for poorer more densely populated countries, the spread would also have been lessened.