ylai@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoRaw Milk Enthusiasts Demand Milk Infected With H5N1futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareQuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoAnti-science has gained too much traction in recent years, I doubt USA will survive if H5N1 starts spreading from human to human.
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoCovid has a mortality rate of about 3% while H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 56%. If it starts spreading from person to person and it has an r value similar to Covid, we’re fucked.
minus-squareNawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoProbably not. If a virus is too deadly, it kills its hosts before it can spread. That’s why SARS didn’t turn into a pandemic.
Anti-science has gained too much traction in recent years, I doubt USA will survive if H5N1 starts spreading from human to human.
Covid has a mortality rate of about 3% while H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 56%.
If it starts spreading from person to person and it has an r value similar to Covid, we’re fucked.
Probably not. If a virus is too deadly, it kills its hosts before it can spread. That’s why SARS didn’t turn into a pandemic.