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>I am amazed that the governments of the world don't do more and that there is very little news coverage about it since to me it feels like it is a much larger
by logicchains 2y ago
>I am amazed that the governments of the world don't do more and that there is very little news coverage about it since to me it feels like it is a much larger threat than most.
Humans have been living closely with poultry for hundreds of years without some super-deadly virus jumping from birds to humans. Your prior should be that the chance of it happening is very low.
- ecmascript 2y agoWell, there didn't use to be any large scale factories that handled thousands of birds/animals. Sure, there were a lot of farmers having some animals but not in the large scale industry that we have today. That is a very modern phenomenon.
- sjackso 2y agoThe 1918 influenza pandemic killed tens of millions, disproportionately affecting young and healthy adults. Does that not qualify as super-deadly?
- mrguyorama 2y agoDidn't that come from pigs?
- layman51 2y agoNot sure how it works with factory farming, but apparently pigs and chickens can share space on a farm often. I am not sure about whether cows and pigs often share space.