Mastodawn

For context it's important to say that local cases of diseases considered to be eliminated do pop up from time to time. But the worry is that outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases will become much more common in the US as temperatures warm due to the #climate crisis.

What is most worrying about the threat #climate poses to health is that our public health infrastructure and policies are backsliding. Instead of investing in the long-term prevention and mitigation of disease outbreaks, we are downscaling, and won't act until its far too late.

#COVID has demonstrated this harmful cycle of panic and neglect. Politicians wait far too long to invest in prevention, panic when things get bad, then pull back protections far too early. This will be a disastrous response to increasing disease outbreaks due to #climate change.

World leaders are not taking #climate change as a health threat anywhere serious enough. Our public health and medical systems are not equipped to handle frequent multiple pandemics. We need to *prevent* outbreaks. Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is a matter of our survival.

Simon and Cad Jun 27, 2023

@luckytran But do you have evidence for… oh, right. 😅

JohnW Jun 27, 2023

@luckytran We seem to be downscaling in direct opposition to the things that would be necessary to help the climate and us.

Brooke Binkowski Jun 28, 2023

@the_Effekt @luckytran that's because we're under attack

JohnW Jun 28, 2023

@brooklynmarie @luckytran Yes exactly.

Capitalism first you know!

The Skeptic's Book of Lists Jun 27, 2023

@luckytran I can just imagine RFK jr and other cranks opposing any future need eradication program. Ugh. This is why we can't have nice things.

https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00494.asp

legraLeGra Jun 27, 2023

@luckytran @Andres4NY

*5* cases; first outbreak since 2003 when there were 8.

And that’s the upside down part of it.

“no evidence to suggest cases … related. In Florida, four cases within close geographic proximity have been ID’d, and active surveillance for additional cases is ongoing. Mosquito surveillance and control measures have been implemented in the affected area. In Texas, 1 case”

Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00494 | Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States

Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Anvil of Truth Jun 27, 2023

@luckytran Damn I hope it’s in Florida…