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52 points

Let them get their raw milk then?

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The flu in general is great at swapping proteins with other strains many of which are extant in the population right now. Every human bird flu infection of which there are presently few is a chance for highly pathogenic bird flu to make a version that is more transmissible which might yet retain its present greater than covid lethality. If this happens millions could die among them the most vulnerable including the old and those with auto immune disorders. Most of these folks who would die don’t themselves drink raw milk for obvious reasons.

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Well, thankfully, civilized nations around the globe will be able to contain the damage to mostly just the fascist Imperial States of America.

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There is not a chance of that happening.

People in America also thought that Covid was just something “over there” when it started in China, too. That’s not how disease works.

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No they won’t be able to. There is no tested and mass produced vaccine as of yet. There is no guarantee that a vaccine vs the present bird flu will work against what idiots brew up. Even if the experimental vaccines we have in the pipe are functional against the strain that emerges there is no reason to believe that everyone especially the poorer nations shall be able to manufacture enough fast enough to prevent widespread death.

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Pathogens don’t care whether or not you spread them to other people who don’t drink raw milk, I’m afraid.

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And people who care, actually do things like get vaccines, and believe doctors.

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There isn’t an available bird flu vaccine that we could manufacture fast enough to make it available even if we started right now. This is assuming that they let us have it instead of telling us to tough it out and take some vitamin C.

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Unless they can’t, some people are immunocompromised. The world is more complicated than you think, so try thinking instead of reacting.

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Please tell me about the salmonella and e. coli vaccines.

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41 points

Kids shouldn’t die because their parents are idiots.

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Yes they should. Children of profound idiots don’t DESERVE to die, but no one should be surprised when they eat lye or invest in 401k. Misunderstand eveything.

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2 points

They might be kind of doomed anyway.

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it’s eugenics, but legal, why shouldn’t we? Clearly letting them live up till now hasn’t served them well.

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I mean if they grow up to be MAGA…….

/s

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16 points

The rare salient point.

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The frightening thing is that there are a bunch of “YEAH! KILL THOSE KIDS!” people elsewhere in the thread.

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I think that’s their point. Just let them be adults and decide. I think overall it’s a very calculate issue used as a proxy for something else. What I don’t understand is why the Democrats or people on the left haven’t seen this stuff for what it is. Also there’s no counter to this strategy. It’s like a weird game theory situation where one group is knows game theory and the other side knows how to play checkers

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Adult implies mental competency.

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The non raw milk people should market their milk on the carton with

Death and Disease Free

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Big Dairy would probably mark everything up, selling pasteurization as a premium feature.

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I think overall it’s a very calculate issue used as a proxy for something else.

That much is true. Its a proxy for industry de-regulation.

I’m all for people getting the raw milk they demand, because I hope it will lead to a quick demise.

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Problem is, if they acquire a novel virus, they can basically send us into another pandemic.

This kind of crap hurts everyone.

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