Will There Be a Bird Flu Epidemic Under Trump?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/will-there-be-a-bird-flu-outbreak-under-trump/

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  3. The more important question would be “IF there is a bird flu outbreak(or other pandemic) under Trump, how bad will the shitstorm of neglect, disinformation, body count, and chaos be?”

  4. Yes. It’s a question of when. If your house is not stocked up on eggs, toilet paper and plan b by Jan 20 then you’re not paying attention.

  5. Probably, but I’m sure it will be blamed on the perceived mismanagement by the Biden admin.

  6. Yes.

    And this time we won’t have a voice of reason (Dr. Fauci) to push back against Trump’s insanity.

  8. If “God” sends us a second plague during a second Trump term, do you think the Christian Nationalists will get the message?

  9. Yup. And when Eggs get to $12/dozen, people will magically do shocked pikachu faces.

  10. Who knows? The reason that the experts are worried is that the 1917 “Spanish” Flu pandemic started in the same way. It killed as many as 50-100 million people worldwide, including Donald Trump’s grandfather.

  12. If it happens expect trump to whine about how it’s a deep state thing because they only happen when he’s in charge

  13. Probably not – it’ll be absolutely terrible if it happens, though. He’ll also probably try to claim Justin Trudeau engineered it as a bioweapon or something else equally insane.

  15. There are going to be a lot of at least epidemics. He is putting anti-science people into scientific roles. Sometimes your mom (the government) makes you do things you do not like.

    Expect spikes in measles, tuberculosis, polio, in addition to higher rates of covid and covid deaths than other first world countries.

  16. Maybe an Ebola feline face flu where it makes a leopard eat your face.

  18. Many people are going to die for many reasons during this coming period. The difference is they will cover it all up even better this time. Cannot have Dear Leader and the Reich looking bad and the cult will willingly ignore anything that challenges their beliefs of how “it ought to be”…

  19. There’s also a new very deadly flu that’s popped up in Africa killing between 15-40% of those infected (reports vary).

  20. God, I hope not.

    But whether it happens or not is out of my hands at this point.

    Just like all the other looming potential disasters – soaring food prices, double-digit inflation, massive unemployment, measles epidemics, trade wars, actual wars, civil unrest, riots, martial law.

    None of us can do anything about it at this point. I’m sure most of us here voted for the Adults In The Room Party and not the Burn It All Down Party. But voting was more or less all we could do.

    In the meantime, we’re alive today. Enjoy that. Find a way of putting all those bad things in a place where you’re still aware that they could happen but aren’t catastrophizing about them.

  21. This is where the nomination of RFK Jr. will turn into a clusterfuck. The only good thing I can think of is as much as Trump and Republicans discredited the Covid pandemic, they did not hesitate to partake of Public Health measures, testing, medications and treatment. In other words even the worst hypocrites will engage in the opposite when it comes to self-interest and survival. They don’t want to die. Will they continue to support RFK publicly? Who knows, but know way will they let him dismantle the vaccine and drug development industry when it comes to their own lives.

  22. RFK jr gonna offer kale, almonds, unpasteurized milk and some pushups instead of a cure

  23. This is a very real threat and with the Trump administration loosening regulations increases the chances that the United States will be the source of the pandemic.

    Trump in his first administration did not fill key roles in the US global pandemic response team, started defunding it in 2018 and disbanded it completely in September 2019, just months before Covid emerged. We all know Trump does not learn from anything, so expect the worse possible scenario and the worst possible outcome for all of us.

  24. No, because it’s a chinese hoax or democrat hoax, but it’s ok because it will just go away during the summer. And if it doesn’t, just inject yourself with bleach. Then, take horse worm pills. But ultimately, just blame someone else. Also, only 1% of people will die, and they are gonna die anyways, so it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.

  25. The real question should be is how do you stop a pandemic in an age of jet travel where anybody can be any other location in the world within twenty hours

  26. Eggs with bird flu are surely cheaper? What’s the problem?

  27. I am currently at a facility that is already making test vaccines for future bird and swine flu. Its weird but I guess that’s how most vacs roll out?

  28. That won’t be the only epidemic, sadly. Factory farming like we have today is tightly regulated and has never NOT been regulated. Every time someone has cut a corner in factory farming we’ve had outbreaks of all kinds of things, from mad cow, to e coli, to bird flu.

    Once these industries are deregulated (as promised by the incoming administration) these epidemic outbreaks will become commonplace.

  29. “Folks, let me tell you, if there’s ever a bird flu, it’s going to be the greatest bird flu. Tremendous birds, okay? The best. People are saying, ‘Mr. Trump, no one knows birds like you.’ And it’s true! Nobody handles bird flu better than me. We can call Big Bird to handle it. The best bird—you won’t believe it! Believe me, it’ll be so under control, the birds will be thanking me!”!

    Trump – probably

  30. I work in global health security – Biden invested millions into preventing the next pandemic. Understanding what that landscape could look like with it likely being deprioritized with the new administration, I recommend people be prepared for anything. I’ve just been buying a box of N95 masks when putting in my Amazon orders every few weeks. 

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