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This #ArborDay, a reminder that trees aren't just important for the environment.

Tree loss can create the conditions for humans and virus-infected animals to collide — meaning the next deadly pandemic is just a forest clearing away.

https://www.propublica.org/article/pandemic-spillover-outbreak-guinea-forest-clearing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Forest #Trees #Pandemic #Health #PublicHealth #Disease

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #BirdFlu #Pandemic #Health #PublicHealth #Agriculture

It looks like we might be in for a significant increase in COVID infections with these two new variants. Now's a good time to start wearing a mask indoors and avoiding crowded indoor events, ventilating indoor spaces, getting a booster, and generally paying attention to COVID levels if you weren't already doing all that. https://mstdn.science/users/TRyanGregory/statuses/114671085981206502

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Got another COVID booster this morning. I've lost count of how many I've had by this point but we're on a regular twice a year cadence now and until there is a real reason to stop.

#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDIsNotOver #COVIDIsAirborne #MaskUp #COVIDBooster #pandemic

"During COVID" is today.

#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDIsStillHere #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp #pandemic