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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] meowmeowbeanz 8 points 13 hours ago

Oh, fantastic. The pandemic-industrial complex is back on the menu. We’ve spent decades industrializing agriculture into viral petri dishes, then act shocked when nature mutates around our hubris. Cows are just the latest domino—watch the blame shift to “wet markets” or migratory birds while factory farms keep hosing antibiotics into troughs.

But sure, let’s hyperventilate about proximity to doom. Never mind that zoonotic spillover’s been a ticking clock since we decided monoculture and profit margins trump ecosystem logic. The real virus here? Capitalism with a side of amnesia.

[–] jaemo 6 points 19 hours ago

Just in time for the hero to save the day with the ol' UV lung-bleach-brush combo move and horse dewormer aperitif.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On Trump's mind, as long as no one reports it then it doesn't really exist. Remember when he said that we need to do testing for COVID to make the numbers go down? Same thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Everyone I know who was anti-vax first started with the position that covid was fake. They all look at avian flu as just yet another "attack for pure inconvenience" without any giant profit motive.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mark my words: there will be food shortages and food riots in America by April.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

True! Meats back on the menu fam!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Agreed. Start stocking cans and shotgun shells.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This ain’t boring. It’s terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

in a country that could start acting against this virus right now with RNA vaccine research has probably closed down all those facilities

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

another pandemic with trump in charge?.......Oh fuck.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is being buried by both liberal and conservative media. It’s fucking wild how bad this is without anyone knowing.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To be fair, what even is the fucking point of reporting it anymore? We saw what ended up happening with covid, where even otherwise right-minded people started having tantrums about masks and vaccines. The vast majority of people are not going to take precautions with a new pandemic, I half expect the right wingers to start deliberately sneezing in each others faces and asking if we're triggered by it. We're screwed if another pandemic happens, and reporting on it won't even remotely change that, as a species overall we just be too stupid to survive

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yes, when I visited the USA during COVID people actively got into my face and coughed at my face. Intentionally, to be clear.

This was out in public in places like supermarkets.

Absolutely abhorrent people. I'm glad I'm back in Europe for the next pandemic, much safer.

[–] Jakeroxs 11 points 1 day ago

Literally never had this happen and I live in a densely populated city in Texas.

Vast majority of people masked without issue

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The US is huge, and that kind of attitude will (for the most part) only be present in certain areas of the country. It's best that those places are avoided.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't speak for Europe proper (relatively sane Europe), here in the UK I fully expect most of that same kind of behaviour. Probably not to the same extent as the US but it'll be bad

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

people speak English and thus the propaganda naturally leaks across the pond I'm afraid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep, although I take some slight comfort that the whole "deep state" thing doesn't seem to have found much of a foothold here (yet?)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, the reptilians in Buckingham Palace would never let the Deep State get any real power

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Good old fashioned British conspiracy theories, none of this foreign muck - luv me reptilian royal family, 'ate the deep state, simple as

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You know I'm all about making sure my country's lies are out in the open but man everyone everywhere I live in USA was masked up minus the couple of idiots that exist in every country. Y'all I'm mad at this shit that's going on too but this statement is a false blanket statement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think it varied wildly by location.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I would at least like to know if it’s a problem so I can take appropriate personal precautions. Sure I don’t need a running death count every day like we had during Covid but just like “this thing is out there, here’s what you can do”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, the mythical left leaning mainstream media. Having said that this story already broke on Fortune, NY times, Fox, CNN, Washington Post, CBS, and NPR to name a few.

You could be right though, they may stop talking about it because apparently the Department of Education is being demolished on Monday. Don't forget about the Magabowl!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

... fuck me dead it's infecting mammals now

and the current administration has shuttered the CDC and the NIH, and has withdrawn us from the WHO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

withdrawn us from the WHO.

This is happening specifically in US because of its intensive dairy/poultry practices. It is a CDC matter. There happens to exist a chicken vaccine, but "concerns over exports of broiler chickens complying with foreign rules" stops its use. No idea if it makes the chickens unsafe to eat or if it's just never been tested.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's been in cows since last March. That's why all the ruckus about "muh rights to drink raw milk!" They were told not to (by the libs) because of bird flu, so... here we are.

https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/mammals.html#:~:text=A%20multistate%20outbreak%20of%20HPAI%20A(H5N1)%20bird,virus%20detections%20in%20more%20than%20200%20mammals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can we start telling them that they can't shot themselves in the fucking face? Will that work?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

wow if we could just 'liberal-jacket' an array of wildly self-destructive behaviors maybe we can leverage the trash into taking itself to the curb

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

it has been for awhile. cats have been dying from it too

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So this will just fix itself.

I'm almost done transitioning my family to drink oat mil..juice instead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

Don't worry, it'll be gone by easter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I'm not worried about a new pandemic. Trumpy Dumpy, Muskie, and Mr. Brain Worms will get us though it; plus or minus a few million dead people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't worry, Americans. JFK will protect you, won't he?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes, he will. by advising people to drink raw milk...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That'll go down well, I'm sure of it.

[–] captain_aggravated 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bird flu in cows?

Cows aren't birds, are these scientists stupid?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I think your joke's not getting through to people :D

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don’t eat dairy cows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

a dary cow is usually productive for, at most, 5 years. what do you think happens to them after that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Taco bell specifically buys old dairy cows