“If a pig catches both a human influenza A virus and an avian influenza A virus at the same time, it can spark a process known as viral reassortment — a genetic exchange in which flu viruses swap gene segments.”
“Those swaps can introduce dramatic changes, producing a new virus with certain properties of a non-human strain coupled with the capacity to infect and spread between people.”
“The death rate in humans may be upwards of 50 per cent, World Health Organization data suggests, though it’s possible that milder infections are getting missed, skewing the case fatality ratio. Still, in a population that’s never been exposed, the global impacts could be dire.”
“More human cases could also be happening under the radar among farm workers who’ve moved to the U.S. from abroad, don’t speak English as their first language, and may be hesitant to seek medical help, he added.”
“So I think there’s probably underreporting on both sides,” Armstrong said.“
"If [H5N1] gets into a population where there’s constantly animals going in and out … it might not ever leave.”
I’ve been watching this develop for the past several days, and apart from being terrified most people will not take this seriously (I’ve seen a handful of people already shout conspiracy on social media and it’s alarming to see, as always). What I wanted to point out is that pandemics are going to continue to be our ‘normal.’ I watched a great video on YouTube a while ago (I believe it was by Vice?) that touched base on how this is going to become our new reality because of multiple factors (such as our proximity to animals, and environments/etc). It was when Covid hit and they did a piece debunking some of the misinformation floating on the internet. If I can find it I will post it here because it was informative and relevant to pretty much any world crisis we will see around any virus that spreads among a human population.
This post isn’t trying to fear monger anyone, I just hope more people are aware of what is happening because this is important to talk about. There are already cases (of cows getting this bird flu) in the US, and I won’t be surprised if there will be instances in more countries around the world. As usual, keep washing your hands/keeping good hygiene practices, masking up (and if you aren’t I hope you consider it), and taking precautions if you do happen to visit/work or go near a pig or poultry farm too:
I’ll keep track of this here of course, but please stay informed folks. And also FU to any governments who will try to minimize this or try to diminish the severity until it’s too late and community spread happens like Covid because their actions are influenced by capitalistic interests.
“the fun scale”, being summarized very oddly by AI, is specifically a metric for retrospective analysis. like, categorizing the nature of anecdotes i guess, and (kind of arbitrarily) deciding on the “types of fun”.
the story is specifically used by outdoorsy-types and most examples given in any resources i could find on it were exclusively hobbyist. blog posts spreading it around and lots of facebook images. i searched a few academic databases and couldn’t find anything related to what this is image actually about (though there was an interesting and completely unrelated “fun scale” study that i enjoyed skimming the preview of) so know that this is a fast and loose scale and not one based in any kind of research.
in the spirit of this “Fun” they keep talking about, i’ll explain the “fun scale” while adapting it to be understood outside of the lens of extreme outdoors activities.
it’s like this. there’s three common types of “fun stories” that people tend to tell:
type 1 is fun in the moment and fun in retrospect, like playing a game or decorating a cake or petting your dog. very straightforward.
type 2 is not fun in the moment, but something you recollect as a good memory. stuff like climbing a mountain or studying something complex or staying up all night to get a project you’re very proud of done on time.
type 3 is not fun in the moment, and not fun to recollect, but fun in its novelty. the kind of shit that makes you say “well at least this will be a fun story to tell”. breaking down on the side of the road in the desert during a road trip, getting lost in the woods for a few hours on a hike, a particularly dramatic fight with ex. this one is kinda complex, in that you need to put a few layers between yourself and the actual memory to enjoy it.
i imagine the AI fucked up the description of type 3 because it has the slightest degree of logical nuance to it and, because AI cannot think, it interpreted this end of the scale as “bad and dramatic things”.
Type 3 fun is convincing God to buy two avocados for ten bucks.
when I was a kid for some reason I thought Lola Bunny’s last name was “Rabbit” and that she was actually Jessica and Roger’s daughter. And the reason she wasn’t in the original Loony Tunes is just that she wasn’t born yet
I mean can you blame me. Look them and look at her. She’s got a good blend of both of their features.
this is the only good head canon I’ve ever had tbh
I love this because like 99% of this kind of paleoart is patriarchal Man
the Hunter type fantasies but these guys are just like “fuck it we’re
outta here”
the smaller graffiti on the doors say “bisogna stare in silenzio quando i bambini dormono… non quando muoiono!” aka “you need to be quiet when children are sleeping… not when they’re dying!”
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