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The long and arduous task of dealing with malaria does give one pause when considering that there have been two new globally significant infectious diseases in
by Gatsky 6y ago
The long and arduous task of dealing with malaria does give one pause when considering that there have been two new globally significant infectious diseases in the last 50 years. We aren’t getting rid of HIV or SARS-CoV-2 any time soon. To me there is little doubt we should deploy massive resources to detect new infectious agents early and prevent their spread. We have the technology. There is no better gift we can leave to our future civilisation.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoWell one good way might be to try to quit eating everything that walks, crawls or hops and switch over to veganism.
- pietroglyph 6y agoYep. Animals are the most common way that diseases are introduced to humans, and industrial animal agriculture brings these animals into close proximity with themselves and us. Removing animal products from our diets not only mitigates this huge disease reservoir but also removes a huge source of greenhouse emissions, land use, pesticide use (for feed), and animal and labor exploitation (the meatpacking industry is extremely exploitative in the United States.)
- greazy 6y agoInfluenza cries. Influenza has been constantly assaulting humans for the last ~100 years: Spanish flu (1918–1920) Asian flu (1957–1958) Hong Kong flu (1968–1969) Russian flu (1977–1979) H1N1/09 flu pandemic (2009–2010) and imo there's another coming in the next decade. Hopefully it won't be any of the H7/H9/H5 viruses because that's going to hurt