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[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 54 points 4 months ago (1 children)

we fed the cows the bird doodoo

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

you fed the birds arsenic and then fed the rice the arsenic bird doo doo

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago (1 children)

90% of the population could drop dead overnight and I’d still have to go to work and be put down for masking because “it makes the general public uncomfortable”

[–] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago

'wtf you mean general public we're all dying'

'BACK TO WORK PEASANT'

[–] D61@hexbear.net 51 points 4 months ago

lathe-of-heaven

Biden does racist pandering by "sealing the border with Mexico" months before Bird Flu takes off in Burgerland.

Mexico is spared the worst of the horrors.

Trump calls the Bird Flu, The Biden Flu.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 42 points 4 months ago

I'm sure it's fine. We learned a lot from the pandemic and people are more than willing to do anything Biden tells them to do!

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

From one of the wastewater guys I've been following, pigs are the big one we need to watch out for. But it does seem inevitable at this point.

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 39 points 4 months ago

flupoopballs

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Could you link to Mr. Wastewater Guy? I wouldn't mind following them myself.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dont know what these numbers or acronyms mean, but the graphs sure do look concerning

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Lol, I'm mostly right there with ya.

8 months ago I was expecting BA.2.86 to pick up S:456L to evade Class 1 antibodies, but it picked up S:455S instead to become JN.1.

Turns out my prediction was just premature.

Pretty sure this isn't a good thing tho.😅

[–] Des@hexbear.net 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

not looking forward to this. have been slowly increasing my 2 week emergency food stores. as an "essential" worker however i'll be right in the middle of it

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can't be essential if you just quit.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

trust me if this thing is even a fraction as bad as it potentially can be im quitting immediately. i guess they could have the national guard drag me there or something but i don't think there's even the state capacity for that anymore

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but i don't think there's even the state capacity for that anymore

yeah you're right on the money for that one girl. if anything they'll just fill your position with some poor shithead in the national guard.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

lol sort of related but: i remember back during early Covid we were hoping each department would get assigned a few young guardsman to help us do our shit work because of the overwhelming volume.

our shelves were bare and i had food from restaurants i had to process and pack for sale without the proper facilities. didn't have the workforce to feed people even working 60+ hr 7 day weeks.

this was during the early few weeks of "the entire state is going to mobilize for war against covid" and everyone, regardless of politics, were getting ready for a big collective action

always thought it was funny how quickly mechanisms activated to destroy that faint consciousness

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

early covid was surreal. for me, my spot quickly closed down (like april 2020 we shuttered for good) so i just sat at home on my lil computer screen collecting berniebux watching everything unfold. i reentered the workforce sometime late in 2022 after most shit had popped off. idk how the fuck i would've coped with being employed during all of that.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's okay because we have a vaccine we'll make freely and widely available before disaster strikes, right? anakin-padme-2

[–] courier8377@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago

It's ok because Americans trust in vaccines is higher than ever after a monumentally successful campaign against COVID-19, right?

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

Just bought my reusable P100 today. Time for a Costco run to buy some of those giant bags of rice and beans.

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah it isn't really a "if it's gonna happen" question but a "when is it gonna happen" with avian flu, anyway time to buy more rice and beans.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yup, and "How bad is it gonna be?". I don't fully buy a 50% lethality, but with covid only being 2%... there's still a lot of room for it to be very bad.

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Anything between 5% and 10% would be utterly devastating for the world and would collapse the medical system completely (my ass would be running from my workplace in a nanosecond the minute bird flu goes full force) alongside the general infrastructure

[–] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If H5N1 kills enough americans maybe they won't think about entering into a direct conflict with russia and china

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

America's plan for ongoing world domination is to fling plague-infected corpses (plague-infected tourists) over the city walls (over its own border walls) by catapult (via airplane, the closest thing to public transit acceptable to the AmeriBurger)

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

seen-this-one they made bubonic plague 2 soypoint-2

[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I really need to work on making an emergency kit but affording that is such a pain. Especially on top of masks.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There was a sale for certified IFAKS last week (trauma based, but not basic stuff like bandages and ibuprofen). I would’ve posted it here but wasn’t sure if it was considered shilling.

But if you don’t expect to be in a situation where you’re shot or profusely bleeding, it’s usually cheaper to plan out your kit manually and purchase them separately (and even if you do prepare for bleeding/penetration, it’s usually cheaper to buy things individually if you don’t need every piece of equipment)

It can be cringe, but I would follow the subs like r/gundeals and r/tacticalmedicine. They regularly post deals for medical kits certified by Stop The Bleed. Ignore the names, while the stuff may be “tactical”, the sites they post have gear for other medical purposes as well.

However, if you REALLY are scraping by, I would take a look at the Chinese medical kit provider Rhino Rescue. It’s been spotted being used by Ukrainians and Russians. I don’t know if China regulates or certifies stuff like this, but quality control can be spotty. The reviews on AliExpress say they’re good, Americans who swear by NAR/STB say they’re trash. But having subpar medical preparedness is better than having no medical preparedness. You can get them from amazon but Ali might be a bit cheaper.

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Should now be a good time to stock up on masks an toilet paper?

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago
[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Now would be a good time to buy a 9mm, but whatever floats your boat.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Time to dust off the old plague doctor outfit and stock up on tinctures and salves.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

uh...what's wrong with green bananas?

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's saying there's no point in waiting for them to ripen because you'll be dead before then.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

alright. Thought there was something wrong with green bananas, those are like a staple of mine

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Are the MSM going to call this Yank flu, or American flu? I bet not. They'll still find a way to blame China

[–] RaisedFistJoker@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

good thing i just ordered 100 more ffp2s

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Damn, the dinosaurs are taking their revenge.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Do we actually have confirmation that it's spreading between rodents, or is it still from exposure to infected materials like farm animal feed or from eating dead birds?

[–] ped_xing@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

The marrow is also full of avian flu.