#nextpandemic — Public Fediverse posts
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Good piece from Chris Pagel on what can be learned from the UK school closures in 2020 and 2021. Some very sensible recommendations for what to have in place before the next pandemic.
(Substack link, sorry)
https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-learning-the-wrong-lesson
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CW: prep for next pandemic (or not)
"World ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic as countries fail to agree on sharing information, tests and vaccines"
“If a new pathogen emerged today, the world remains largely unprepared for it.”
I often think about this! Especially if I have to go to the dentist or doctor. It's like: people, you could've taken the tip from covid and upgraded your air quality and airborne infection control, but you're not gonna, are you? You're just going to wait till the next one kicks off, and then be starting almost from scratch again like last time.
H5N1 flu is airborne, and I wouldn't be astonished if that gained human to human transmission soon. But there's lots of possibilities.
(Actually, H5N1 probably does have human transmission now I think, but only at high viral load - there was one case report where a mother seems to have caught it from her sick child after extended close proximity caring for the child, and the mother had no known contact with poultry. But I mean like, if it learnt to go human-to-human at levels similar to say measles. We'd be in a pickle then.)
If the next one is airborne again, at least _some_ of us will know what to do :-/
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I'm now on the computer so I can meme
#pandemic #covid19 #covidIsNotOver #avianFlu #nextPandemic #weReFucked
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The Pandemic Agreement is a milestone: now it is time for action in national capitals
Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01178-X/abstract
#pandemicagreement #accesss2meds #health #COVID19 #nextpandemic
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I’m sure Donald Trump is ready—he’s gonna deport Bird Flu with its family.
First human death from avian flu reported in U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/06/first-human-death-from-avian-flu-reported-in-us#H5N1 #BirdFlu #AvianFlu #NextPandemic #PublicHealth #USPol #RepublicansDidThis #DonaldTrump
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"Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 845 herds across 16 states have tested positive." https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bird-flu-spread-cattle-poultry-pandemic-cdc/ #BirdFlu #H5N1 #USDA #CDC #AnotherPandemic #NextPandemic
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https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/11/14/default-calendar/preparing-for-containment-and-mitigation-of-pandemic-h5n1-influenza--uses-of-statistical-and-mathematical-modeling
L’OMS tient un webinaire cet après midi sur la préparation à une pandémie de H5N1
14 November 2024 from 13:00 to 18:00 CET (Geneva time)"Préparation à l'endiguement et à l'atténuation de la pandémie de grippe H5N1, Utilisation de la modélisation statistique et mathématique"
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The death of expertise. JFK is rolling over in his grave.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Reveals Plans to Fire 600 Federal Health Workers
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/robert-f-kennedy-jr-national-institutes-of-health/ -
CW: Bird flu in mammals
Bird flu outbreak in #mink sparks concern about spread in people
The new variant puts #birdflu in “uncharted territory”, says Wendy Puryear, a #virologist at Tufts University.
Researchers have warned that, unless careful precautions are taken, the #disease might eventually spread among people. -
Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦 @[email protected] ·By the way, it's #WorldZoonosisDay
The UN has a report for us to read, but generally, today is the day we raise awareness that it is possible that a disease may someday spread from an animal host, to humanity, and cause an epidemic. It's happened many times in the past (including once in the past 2 years!) and will probably happen again in the future. We can however prevent and mitigate it, when it happens. Now is the time to start preparing for the #nextpandemic.
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/preventing-future-zoonotic-disease-outbreaks-protecting-environment-animals-and -
Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦 @[email protected] ·And they don't have to wait until @covid19 is over, either
In fact with our healthcare system being stressed it's likely we're not paying as close attention to the #nextpandemic - if it blindsided us now we'd be *fucked*
> The sad, scary and plain truth is that pandemics even deadlier than Covid could happen at any point in the future. We must work together as a world to make sure we are never again caught so unprepared.
https://twitter.com/DrTomFrieden/status/1395469676067573762
