#belfast2corkrun1h ago

Time to start enforcing a quarantine on US military personnel landing in Shannon airport?

#ireland #flu #vaccine

@corkgreens @PeopleBeforeProfit

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.

The New York Times
Show threadNonilex2h ago

At least 222 basic training recruits have contracted the #flu, with some requiring #hospitalization. The #outbreak has been ongoing for roughly 3 weeks.

Recruit Deaths—The #USAF is conducting a comprehensive medical review into the “sudden passing” of 25-yo-trainee Keon McDaniel, who suffered a medical emergency on June 12 & died on June 16.

#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy

Nonilex2h ago

ICYMI

These dumb 🤬

A major localized #flu #outbreak is currently affecting hundreds of new #MilitaryRecruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The outbreak began after “Defense” Secretary Pete #Hegseth made flu #vaccines optional in April, causing #vaccination rates to plummet to around 40%.

#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.

The New York Times
Show threadPixelcode 🇺🇦9h ago

Germans also don't care that so many people are still being hospitalised from #Covid and the #flu.

Mandating medical face masks in public transit, hospitals, doctors' offices, pharmacies etc. would be an obvious, effective countermeasure. Air filters (which could be combined with AC, see above!) would also help.

Perhaps the best solution would be mandatory vaccinations, but Germans just have a God-given right to share their diseases with others. “Thou shalt infect your neighbour as yourself!”

Show threadLenora14h ago
@JGRW if you've ever read a newspaper printed during the Spanish flu pandemic you'd see how horrifying that situation was. Our military can't be strong and ready if we have epidemics raging through the ranks. The #trump administration is a dangerous disaster #flu #incompetence #republicans #gop #antiscience
Ambient Visions14h ago
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u... This is what happens when you think that you can go against science and common sense. #flu #vaccineswork

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force B...
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.

The New York Times
Osna.FM19h ago
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in Australia for the first time, according to the Australian Department of Agriculture, which announced the... https://news.osna.fm/?p=51966 | #news #australia #bird #continent #flu
H5N1 Bird Flu Reaches Australia, Marking Global Spread on Every Continent - Osna.FM

Alert: H5N1 bird flu detected in Australia. Get crucial updates on the new viral outbreak and what it means for global public health.

Osna.FM
Ducky 🇨🇦21h ago
This week's Pandemics in BC post (no BC-specific post because the province is only releasing most data once per month):
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/06/19/2026-06-19-general/
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #flu #measles #shingles #bundibugyo_ebola
2026-06-19 General – Pandemics in British Columbia

Script Kiddie22h ago

Bird #flu kills thousands of baby #seals on Heard Island in Southern #Ocean

source: abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/bir…

Research has revealed the devastating impact of bird flu on a remote Australian territory where more than 13,000 #baby seals are now believed to have been killed by the #virus.

#news #health #kill #death #australia #life #birdflu #danger #warning #pandemic #environment #nature #animal #seal

Drone footage shows extent of seal deaths on Australian island

Research has revealed the devastating impact of bird flu on a remote Australian territory where more than 13,000 baby seals are now believed to have been killed by the virus.

Betty C. Jung22h ago
June 19, 2026. Communicable Diseases
Last updated 5/30/2026.
{https://www.epicresearch.org/data-tracker/communicable-diseases/} #FLU