Is H5N1 the next pandemic?

[Mendalla]

H5N1 bird flu, which can jump from birds to humans but so far has not proven capable of sustained human-human transmission, has now been found in pigs. As we know from H1N1, which is otherwise known as "swine flu", flu viruses from pigs can infect and spread between humans. So what happens when H5N1 and swine flu meet? They could swap genes and produce a new, highly transmissable human flu strain, leading to the next flu pandemic. All just as conservative vaccine skeptics and outright anti-vaxxers get closer and closer to running both Canada and the US.

Bird Flu Is One Step Closer to Mixing with Seasonal Flu Virus and Becoming a Pandemic

Humans and pigs could both serve as mixing vessels for a bird flu–seasonal flu hybrid, posing a risk of wider spread

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[WhyCzar]

So this is why they are going after RFK Jr. again right now.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1852361147699073172

 

[Mendalla]

“One of the things that I’m going to recommend President Trump do is to ban pharmaceutical ads on TV.”

That I am actually in favour of. Some of those ads are just creepy in how they try to get around the guidelines and insinuate how they can make your life better. Maybe they do, but then you should be hearing about them from your medical practitioner or pharmacist, not a lovely TV ad. Any decisions I make about my drug regime are based on medical research papers and such, not TV ads (Which I mostly don't see much anyhow. They don't seem to be that common on YouTube right now. Or I am not getting them for some reason.)

Not sure how this relates to the flu, though.

 

[Northwind]

There is little doubt that there will be another pandemic. Hopefully we learned from Covid. If it is a flu strain then hopefully a suitable vaccine will be sooner. I notice more people wearing masks in higher risk situations. I personally would have no problem wearing one now if asked or if I felt at risk. I wore a mask immediately after I had covid even though my test was negative. Just in case.

 

[WhyCzar]

Not sure how this relates to the flu, though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1852116929126748321

 

[Mendalla]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1852116929126748321

Those aren't pharmaceutical company ads. Those are public health ads promoting disease prevention. There's a difference. If RFK, Jr. is talking about banning those, rather than just lifestyle drug advertising, I pity the United States of America.

 

[Waterfall]

Those aren't pharmaceutical company ads. Those are public health ads promoting disease prevention. There's a difference. If RFK, Jr. is talking about banning those, rather than just lifestyle drug advertising, I pity the United States of America.

That's what he's talking about!

 

[BetteTheRed]

He's definitely an idiot (RFK that is).

New migrations of flu diseases between animals is a curse of domesticating animals, and then applying industrial production models to them.

Add increasingly dense human populations sharing air in apartments/condos.

 

[JayneWonders]

That I am actually in favour of. Some of those ads are just creepy in how they try to get around the guidelines and insinuate how they can make your life better. Maybe they do, but then you should be hearing about them from your medical practitioner or pharmacist, not a lovely TV ad. Any decisions I make about my drug regime are based on medical research papers and such, not TV ads (Which I mostly don't see much anyhow. They don't seem to be that common on YouTube right now. Or I am not getting them for some reason.)

Not sure how this relates to the flu, though.

US drug ads are creepy.
I don't see the same level or type of ads here in Canada

 

[BetteTheRed]

I don't see the same level or type of ads here in Canada

Agreed, I see almost no commercial television at all, and it's mainly Canadian stuff via the big guy's cable package. Seems to be almost exclusively ED (erectile disfunction),

 

[Mendalla]

US drug ads are creepy.
I don't see the same level or type of ads here in Canada

IIRC, Health Canada has stricter rules around advertising of drugs.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

Yep, I see Elon Musk with his Money Saving strategy getting together with Trump and RFK and they will change treatments to drinking and injecting bleach and horse dewormer. Should reduce the costs of healthcare enormously. Especially since there would be no second treatment needed

 

[Nancy]

Need a combination laugh-and-cry emojii for that one @Mrs.Anteater .

 

[Northwind]

Need a combination laugh-and-cry emojii for that one @Mrs.Anteater .

I agree. I didn't know how to respond. It's so true on one level and crazy on another.

 

[Luce NDs]

Which is more insane: isolated intelligence or isolated emotions? Is that when the autonomous impact in an unconscious state and parrot?

Reality resembles that ... really messed up condition! Bad situation or a state to stop and observe selves? Beyond the bulk of the populace ... one can only see from out there ...

 

[Luce NDs]

Yep, I see Elon Musk with his Money Saving strategy getting together with Trump and RFK and they will change treatments to drinking and injecting bleach and horse dewormer. Should reduce the costs of healthcare enormously. Especially since there would be no second treatment needed

Fits to a "T" an icon of transience ... transmuted?

 

[Jae]

US drug ads are creepy.
I don't see the same level or type of ads here in Canada

They're not here, either, in Korea. I can recall seeing them on American channels from Buffalo, NY when I used to live in Toronto. Channel 29 used to air a lot of them. I was never a fan

 

[Mendalla]

Channel 29 used to air a lot of them.

Ah, good old Channel 29. Watched them a lot in my youth before they went Fox. Their Saturday afternoon movies introduced me to Godzilla, American B-movies, and other good stuff. Even Dr. Who, IIRC. I think I saw the Peter Cushing theatrical movies on 29 before WNED started carrying the series. But, yeah, because they were indie back then, most of their programming was not on Canadian TV so we got the actual American ads.

 

[Jae]

Ah, good old Channel 29. Watched them a lot in my youth before they went Fox. Their Saturday afternoon movies introduced me to Godzilla, American B-movies, and other good stuff. Even Dr. Who, IIRC. I think I saw the Peter Cushing theatrical movies on 29 before WNED started carrying the series. But, yeah, because they were indie back then, most of their programming was not on Canadian TV so we got the actual American ads.

Late some nights, on the weekend I think it was, they used to show old reruns of The Twilight Zone. That's something I was into. I think at one time they were also showing old Star Trek reruns

 

[Mendalla]

Late some nights, on the weekend I think it was, they used to show old reruns of The Twilight Zone. That's something I was into. I think at one time they were also showing old Star Trek reruns

Yeah, they relied a lot on syndicated shows and old movies when it came right down to it. That business model worked back in those days, though, and made them a great channel for those of us into things like TZ, Trek, and B-movies.