• Tryenjer@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    And don’t forget that RFK Jr. wants to let the new strain of bird flu spread. The world could experience a new pandemic in a few years.

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      10 hours ago

      A few years feels optimistic. I’d wager on by the end of this year, at the rate everything is getting defunded.

      I think people vastly underestimate the effectiveness of annual mitigation efforts by multiple agencies that have either already been cut or on the chopping block.

      Many of these agencies go unnoticed because they work well, but will be immediately obvious once they’re gone.