• ATDA@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The next four years are just going to be another Rick and Morty episode aren’t they?

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    Damn, we just learned something from a recent illness…but what was it? I guess it will come back to us in time.

    Oh, that’s right. 15 days. Stay the course. Thousand points of light.

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    Well, yes. The usual way pandemics start: Some new virus “crossbreeds” with an established one.

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    For those wondering how tf 2 viruses merge:

    “For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can exchange genetic material. This is known as genetic shift,” Michael previously told Fortune. “That can form very new viruses [and] cause epidemics.”

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    Reminder that the bird flu has been circulating for awhile now so this isn’t something that will just happen tomorrow.

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      I was actually thinking about a reply mainly around that this is always the case with viruses but I think your right. Its the increase in bird flu that makes it more of a possibility than before.