Just applied for a position to Antarctica. Seems like good timing , deployment in October so please hold of a while on the double pandemic
I knew someone who didn’t wind up going because their partner failed the fitness test (this was back in like… 2009)
Something biolabs genetic engineering…
The racistly named Spanish Flu evolved in WW1, and it has been speculated that selective pressures due to the war caused it to increase spreadability and lower incubation times. Wonder if this is a similar thing.
Since they are antibiotic resistant bacteria, I have the suspicion that this is related to an increased use in antibiotics due to war injuries. Probably made worse by shortages that make people unable to finish the full regime all the time.
That’s what I suspect, also a fun fact is that one of the first recorded cases of the Spanish flu appeared at Fort Riley in Kansas.
The only reason why t’was called the “Spanish flu” in the first place, was because as a neutral nation in WW1, it had no reason to hide the news during wartime, but their national coverage ultimately associated them as the influenza place of origin.
Epidemiologic situation in Ukraine (and to a lesser extent in other post-Soviet countries too) has been worsening since 1991.
no way to explain that
I was reaidng one of those Cool Russia blogs at one point because i was researching something and it was on epidemiology in the USSR. The article was titled something like “The USSR conquered disease, but is that the whole story?”. It basically talks about soviet immunization campaigns, and then at the end complains that in the USSR the soda fountains only had 2 glass cups people shared.
Under communism everyone shares the same 2 unbreakable DDR glasses
Nah it’s actually a real thing, it was a real thing in the United States too. My mom’s side of the fam hated the public soda fountains because they thought sharing cups with half the city was gross.
As long as they were washed after each use it sounds fine. They were washed after each use right?
Imagine a Coke Freestyle Machine that only serves seltzer, but instead of plastic cups you have 2 glasses. This machine is a vending machine that’s just installed on the street. There is nowhere to wash the glasses.
This is an older design, but it shows the glasses well.
This is the “classic” design that’s Sovietana
This is a modernized replica that you’d use with paper cups
Looks like on the right there’s a thing to rinse the glasses, but I doubt it’d do very much. So I guess people just trusted their immune systems lol.
There’s a bunch of glasses on the tops of the vending machines from the one picture up above, I’m honestly kinda curious in how it actually worked vs the weird western pearl clutching.
Ah fuck, I thought the US would get the bird flu first
The news bingo does specify two new plagues…
weren’t there a bunch of US biolabs in Ukraine?
Honestly, superbugs are already occurring in Europe, although they are rare. With the war causing a ton of additional injuries, tons more people are exposed to antibiotics, so it’s fairly reasonable that this would occur.
I don’t think we need secret biolabs or stuff like that to explain this, and In fairness l think it will be a major issue for any future war, just like infections were before antibiotics were discovered.
Now, now
That was Russian propaganda, but yes
I mean, yes, but to the extent that they may act as biological weapons facilities
it’s up in the air…it’s up in the air
Or airborne, if you will.
i think i will
This war births a new horror every other month
Fallout Timeline Achievment Unlocked: New Plague Discovered
oh, not actual bugs.
I liked this better when it was a king gizzard song
Can we keep this stuff in c/doomer, there’s nothing I can do about it and it’s just increasing my already skyrocketed anxiety
noted for future posts
