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Everyone ought to be really aware, before trying to overascribe this to particular groups of people, that the US is nearing a massive problem from Chronic Wasti
by throwaway5752 7y ago
Everyone ought to be really aware, before trying to overascribe this to particular groups of people, that the US is nearing a massive problem from Chronic Wasting Disease which could be a 100% currently fatal human-to-human retransmissible prion. We are currently mismanaging to it, and given the environmental persistence and difficulties destroying prions, could put this to shame.
The most recent H1N1 influenza (2009) which has been widely in the news originated in N. America (Mexico or US). The first "Spanish" flu H1N1 cases were in Kansas in 1917.
China should deal with wet markets with wild game. They are a profoundly dangerous environment for zoonotic crossover. It a good bet there will be changes since China had such a close brush with collapse. Nobody should think this is unique to China since it's false and unhelpful.