Being a bit spooked by having literally a rabid raccoon outside our house which the police ultimately decided *not* to deal with, I'm a bit anxious about animal-to-person disease transmission right now
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Dr. Morgan Lemmer-Webberreplied to Christine Lemmer-Webber last edited by
We're also *driving* home for the holidays. It's a 16-18 hour drive, but it reduces the amount of exposure we have compared to flying. (Plus then we've got our car on us so we can get between families once we're there, and I need to travel with my own sheets so it's easier to bring more stuff in a car)
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Also its probably useful to learn more vegan recipes because milk, cheese, and eggs are all likely to keep getting more expensive because of H5N1
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three word chantreplied to Christine Lemmer-Webber last edited by
@cwebber I appreciate the followup but I think you missed what I was saying. Using the past tense for COVID plays into the popular dangerous "post pandemic" misinformation. And giving out travel/gathering risk assessments without mentioning the present-tense giant risks of COVID seems weird at best.
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CEO of Anti-Clock Societyreplied to dcbaok last edited by
@dcbaok @cwebber Get more than a few, and give them away! N95s are so cheap, you can get them for less than a dollar each! Here's a pack of 50 comfortable N95s for just $35 https://www.zoro.com/3m-n95-disposable-respirator-universal-white-pk50-9105/i/G0862784/
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sleepfreeparentreplied to Christine Lemmer-Webber last edited by
@cwebber wait what? If you mean "over the holidays" then sure, but over the next few flu seasons it's almost certain we'll get a full blown H5N1 pandemic. We're simply doing too many of the things that make it more likely, and almost none of the things that stand a chance of preventing it
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Christine Lemmer-Webberreplied to sleepfreeparent last edited by
@sleepfreeparent Yes here I meant over 2025's holiday, next few months.
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Krzysztof Sakrejdareplied to Christine Lemmer-Webber last edited by
@cwebber @wordshaper I'm much closer to an expert on this topic and your summary gets my stamp of approval (for what that's worth).
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Jamie McCarthyreplied to Christine Lemmer-Webber last edited by
@cwebber We don’t need high-fives, we need cow, pig, and chicken farms to be taxed at a rate sufficient to fund in escrow the harm they will collectively cause society (trillions)
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Christine Lemmer-Webberreplied to Krzysztof Sakrejda last edited by
@wronglang @wordshaper Oh wow that's great!
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Christine Lemmer-Webberreplied to Jamie McCarthy last edited by
@jamiemccarthy well we can also have high-fives though
