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China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Post by taneq »

behnamoh wrote: post #68
chatmasta wrote: post #53

BNONews has been making a dashboard for every maybe-virus the past year (recently they had Monkeypox and some other one, Marburg maybe)? None of those turned into any major problem. They're pandemic profiteering, so while I appreciate the data they're collecting, I'm not quite ready to start freaking out about it.

Why do these viruses often appear in China first? Has there been any study to find out any common patterns? Is it the food? Culture? Living environment?

The sheer size and population of China?

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Post by Melatonic »

Izkata wrote: post #62
chatmasta wrote: post #53

BNONews has been making a dashboard for every maybe-virus the past year (recently they had Monkeypox and some other one, Marburg maybe)? None of those turned into any major problem. They're pandemic profiteering, so while I appreciate the data they're collecting, I'm not quite ready to start freaking out about it.

In the mid-2010s both Ebola and Zika got a media boost as well, and Candida auris in 2019 or so.

The difference with Ebola though is just how insanely bad it is - I cannot think of a virus I would NOT want more than Ebola.

Thankfully the fact it is so damn destructive also means it is harder to spread en masse.....

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Post by behnamoh »

andrewflnr wrote: post #69
behnamoh wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do these viruses often appear in China first? Has there been any study to find out any common patterns? Is it the food? Culture? Living environment?

Don't forget sheer number of people.

India is almost the same size but doesn’t seem to have this pattern.

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Post by richardw »

andersentobias wrote: post #33
hammock wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is 2022 war? The US did not enter a new armed conflict in 2022. And you forgot 2001 dot com crash

US looks rather involved in the 2022 Ukraine-Russia war from my peasant POV. Russia is not fighting the US military, but they are fighting US military vehicles etc

Almost every war everywhere is fighting with AK's somewhere in the mix, often on both sides. Arms is a very dirty industry and many governments play it, often with proxy dealers to allow them to be arms (da-dish) length and offer plausible deniability. Very often, a superpower or country ends up being shot at with the weapons it provided years or decades earlier.

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Post by OJFord »

chatmasta wrote: post #53

BNONews has been making a dashboard for every maybe-virus the past year (recently they had Monkeypox and some other one, Marburg maybe)? None of those turned into any major problem. They're pandemic profiteering, so while I appreciate the data they're collecting, I'm not quite ready to start freaking out about it.

Monkeypox was(/is? Idk) not a non-event, it was very real and relevant professionals were concerned about it. I don't know where 'BNONews' is based, but since China's in the title of this one I'll point out there were 'monkeypox' cases in the UK too for example.

Just because it fortunately didn't go (/hasn't gone!) like SARS-nCoV-2019 doesn't mean it wasn't worth reporting.

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Post by joshuahedlund »

thelittleone wrote: post #8
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Millennials gonna be hit with their fourth "once in a lifetime" event so far.

An unprecedented number of unprecedented, once in a lifetime events.

Not likely. The 60’s had riots, Vietnam, political assassinations, Cuban missile crisis and ongoing Cold War MAD fears. The 1910-1940’s were jam packed with world wars, the Great Depression, Spanish flu, and more. And before that a quarter of all children died young. Every generation ever. What’s actually unprecedented is having a few years between crises where things are actually pretty ok!

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Post by andrewflnr »

behnamoh wrote: post #73
andrewflnr wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget sheer number of people.

India is almost the same size but doesn’t seem to have this pattern.

Yeah, probably not sufficient on its own, but I bet it's a factor. It amplifies the others.

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Post by OJFord »

taspeotis wrote: post #34
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Millennials gonna be hit with their fourth "once in a lifetime" event so far.

I used to live in Brisbane which had two "one in 100 year" floods in relatively quick succession: 2011 and 2022. When the second one came there was some talk about communicating the risk more effectively. Instead of saying "one in 100 year" it would be better to say there is like, a 0.2% chance of major flooding every year.

In what sense is 'one in 100 year' equivalent to '0.2% every year'? With the latter you'd expect 0.2 of them in 100 years?

(Totally agree the phrasing is misleading to the layman though, which is really the only reason for it to exist anyway, in an attempt to be more relatable.)

Re: China reports human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Post by graphe »

behnamoh wrote: post #68
chatmasta wrote: post #53

BNONews has been making a dashboard for every maybe-virus the past year (recently they had Monkeypox and some other one, Marburg maybe)? None of those turned into any major problem. They're pandemic profiteering, so while I appreciate the data they're collecting, I'm not quite ready to start freaking out about it.

Why do these viruses often appear in China first? Has there been any study to find out any common patterns? Is it the food? Culture? Living environment?

When I visited South China, everything was crowded. Sick building syndrome is probably more common due to the common use of AC and large shopping malls people hang out at as well as recirculating air. My friend in India said that she did not get constant electricity in Gujarat so AC wasn't as common everywhere.
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