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I think it's more important to talk about air travel. Not only it's bad for the planet, it essentially turns every new flu virus to a pandemic. School holidays,

I think it's more important to talk about air travel. Not only it's bad for the planet, it essentially turns every new flu virus to a pandemic. School holidays, travel, normal holidays/recess, remote work could and should be used for public health purposes. [Edit: what i'm saying is there should be motives to limit air travel during flu season, and maybe schools could align holidays / recess with flu season] As for pharma, well they 've contributed to the establishment of the current model according to which their FDA-approved monopolies are their moneymakers, everything else is a loss. The solution is to deregulate both ways, shorten or partially abolish drug patents

dmitrygr 7y ago
> Not only it's bad for the planet, it essentially turns every new flu virus to a pandemic. So you want to go back to the days of growing your own tomatoes in your own garden, and abandon trade and modern technologies?
- buboard 7y ago
  of course not. just realize that it's a disease vector and motivate people to limit air travel during flu season
Accujack 7y ago
>it essentially turns every new flu virus to a pandemic No it does not. This is patently false. Suggesting that the human race stop traveling to stop any potential diseases from traveling also is delusional.
- buboard 7y ago
  its definitely not false, but apparently you need higgh-level restrictions for it to work https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/12/14-135590/en/ https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/12/14-135590/en/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177799/
s1artibartfast 7y ago
woulding aligning holidays with flu season exacerbate the spread of the flu as everyone travels?