ylai@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoRaw Milk Enthusiasts Demand Milk Infected With H5N1futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down113cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1304arrow-down1external-linkRaw Milk Enthusiasts Demand Milk Infected With H5N1futurism.comylai@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.ml
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoCovid has a mortality rate of about 3% while H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 56%. If it starts spreading from person to person and it has an r value similar to Covid, we’re fucked.
minus-squareNawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoProbably not. If a virus is too deadly, it kills its hosts before it can spread. That’s why SARS didn’t turn into a pandemic.
Covid has a mortality rate of about 3% while H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 56%.
If it starts spreading from person to person and it has an r value similar to Covid, we’re fucked.
Probably not. If a virus is too deadly, it kills its hosts before it can spread. That’s why SARS didn’t turn into a pandemic.