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Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by hshdhdhj4444 »

anonym29 wrote: post #34
cratermoon wrote: post #3

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Even with a flawed messenger pointing the wrong tools at the wrong target, isn't "avoiding ultraprocessed foods, seed oils, pesticides, and fluoride" still fundamentally a step in the right direction, compared to previous politically-connected health campaigns, like the infamous one not so long ago to "get out and move", which placed blame on kids for being unable to out-exercise a bad diet, while doing absolutely no…

Ultra processed foods is not a well defined category, so saying avoid UPFs is meaningless.

There are several “UPFs” that have better health outcomes than NOVA 1 “unprocessed” foods, because the NOVA system was never developed to categorize foods by how healthy they were but instead how closely they matched a fairly regional Brazilian diet.

There is no evidence that “seed oils” are bad beyond their caloric density, and seed oils like Canola oil are some of the healthiest fats we have, far more than the lard they’ve been encouraging people to consume instead (which is almost certainly worse than most seed oils, except possibly rhe single scenario where a fast food chain may be heating and reheating the same fat source many times over).

No one is buying and consuming oesticides, so that’s in actionable advice for people.

There is absolutely no evidence fluoride levels in US water are anywhere near dangerous levels. Having people buy and maintain expensive filters simply to keep fluoride out of their water likely won’t help with anything, and will likely displace some other more healthful actions they could be taking, like spending the money on buying berries for their kids.

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by markus_zhang »

pengaru wrote: post #6
markus_zhang wrote: post #4

Can we simply remove fever and coughing somehow… super annoying and more dangerous than the virus themselves sometimes.

> Can we simply remove fever and coughing somehow… super annoying and more dangerous than the virus themselves sometimes. You're basically asking to become a bat

Fruitbat!

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by markus_zhang »

BriggyDwiggs42 wrote: post #18
mikkupikku wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

During the 20th century the American government (as well as others) put a lot of effort into finding ways to control people. Drugs, control of the media, MK Ultra and Mockingbird are just two examples of many. Everything more or less failed. Dosing unsuspecting civilians with LSD doesn't have much useful effect. But one thing worked, and they should have known it all along. Fear. If you can make people afraid, you ca…

“They want us to fear birds” is wild man

Technically they are dinosaurs man. Ancient fear comes back.

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by anonym29 »

hshdhdhj4444 wrote: post #41
anonym29 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even with a flawed messenger pointing the wrong tools at the wrong target, isn't "avoiding ultraprocessed foods, seed oils, pesticides, and fluoride" still fundamentally a step in the right direction, compared to previous politically-connected health campaigns, like the infamous one not so long ago to "get out and move", which placed blame on kids for being unable to out-exercise a bad diet, while doing absolutely no…

Ultra processed foods is not a well defined category, so saying avoid UPFs is meaningless. There are several “UPFs” that have better health outcomes than NOVA 1 “unprocessed” foods, because the NOVA system was never developed to categorize foods by how healthy they were but instead how closely they matched a fairly regional Brazilian diet. There is no evidence that “seed oils” are bad beyond their caloric density, an…

1. The idea that UPFs being poorly defined == UPF is a meaningless designation has always sounded like absurd whataboutism that stops real progress to me.

Surely you don't mean to suggest that just because UPFs aren't perfectly defined, that means there's no fundamental difference between a diet composed of skittles, donuts, and ice cream cookie sandwiches versus a diet composed of organic, plant-based whole foods, right?

2. You say there is "no evidence" that seed oils are bad... yet when I search for "canola oil health hazards", the very first thing I see is "Canola oil has been associated with potential health hazards due to its high omega-6 fatty acid content, which may contribute to inflammation and chronic diseases when consumed in excess. Additionally, the refining process often involves chemicals like hexane, which raises concerns about the presence of harmful byproducts, although these are typically present in very low amounts in the final product."

Am I crazy to prefer that the amount of hexane in my food be as close to absolutely none as possible? Am I crazy to not wanting to be loading myself up with something that's at least clearly associated with inflammation and chronic disease?

3. Why do we have to assume that the optimal replacement for seed oils is lard? Is it possible to consider that maybe we'd all be better off if we stopped eating french fries, rather than merely switching what greasy junk we're frying them in?

4. Plenty of non-organic foods have pesticides on them! https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/full-list.php

Is EWG not a generally reliable and trustworthy source of information? Do you mean to suggest that no foods grown outside ever have any pesticides on them, or that the pesticides never follow the food all the way to the grocery store? Haven't plenty of agricultural products over the years, including Round Up, been linked with high probability to various cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, etc?

5. Why do we assume that filtering water means taking away other healthy actions? Do we need to be giving kids MORE sugar just because it's natural (berries)? Is there not extensive scientific literature linking fluoride ingestion with decreased IQ?

6. Why can't we have a open, good-faith conversation about these topics without engaging in tribal politics? Why do we get so emotionally attached to current narratives and beliefs about these kinds of things even when we know those beliefs are formed based on incomplete information and should be subject to change as we learn more over time, a standard exercise of basic epistemic humility?

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by more_corn »

Insanity wrote: post #27
maxbond wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it's not (just) about us living in close proximity to them, it's about putting them in an environment that makes it impossible for them to live healthy lives and incubates potential zoonotic diseases.

Which has been happening for centuries. I’m actually not arguing against this being a bad idea though lol, just giving some historic trivia.

Animals living on a farm are a far cry from modern factory farming.

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by more_corn »

aussieguy1234 wrote: post #37

I'd imagine that in the event of a Bird Flu pandemic, a vaccine would be developed and dispatched quite quickly, unlike with COVID, where during the early days experts were saying it was possible we'd never get a vaccine.

But the current administration is antivax so…

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by aaomidi »

more_corn wrote: post #46
aussieguy1234 wrote: post #37

I'd imagine that in the event of a Bird Flu pandemic, a vaccine would be developed and dispatched quite quickly, unlike with COVID, where during the early days experts were saying it was possible we'd never get a vaccine.

But the current administration is antivax so…

So was the one during COVID-19

Re: Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

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Post by more_corn »

anonym29 wrote: post #44
hshdhdhj4444 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ultra processed foods is not a well defined category, so saying avoid UPFs is meaningless. There are several “UPFs” that have better health outcomes than NOVA 1 “unprocessed” foods, because the NOVA system was never developed to categorize foods by how healthy they were but instead how closely they matched a fairly regional Brazilian diet. There is no evidence that “seed oils” are bad beyond their caloric density, an…

1. The idea that UPFs being poorly defined == UPF is a meaningless designation has always sounded like absurd whataboutism that stops real progress to me. Surely you don't mean to suggest that just because UPFs aren't perfectly defined, that means there's no fundamental difference between a diet composed of skittles, donuts, and ice cream cookie sandwiches versus a diet composed of organic, plant-based whole foods, r…

Bread is an ultra-processed food.
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