• Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    bird flu pandemic will most likely be far worse than COVID was, and the virus is all around us just waiting for the right mutation.

    I keep hearing this but its unclear to me why we should expect this strain to be worse than say, the Swine Flu that hit several years before Covid? I know it caused a few deaths but was generally pretty forgettable and short lived in peoples awareness.

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      7 hours ago

      Because it spreads by birds, who migrate a lot and is less fatal to them. And when a human catches it, i ha a high death rate. Currently the species jump is rare and only for those in contact with birds, but that could change.

      Then it’s a constantly spreading disease with a high death rate.