The CDC has paused testing for rabies and pox viruses.
It's vital we keep a close eye on them as rabies is virtually 100% fatal without vaccination, and smallpox killed hundreds of millions (we really don't want a similar virus returning).
Losing track of these viruses is a recipe for catastrophe.
The reason for the pause in testing is widespread layoffs, hiring freezes and resignations.
By July, the rabies team will be down to just one person with the clinical expertise to advise state and local officials, and the pox virus team will have none.
Talking to those people there are two groups.
One who really thinks there is a natural immunity, bc they are "Herrenmenschen". Those white supremacists have a tendency for magical thinking and feel invincible.
The other group are rich elitists, thinking it's a social issue and being wealthy and privileged will either protect you from situations which get you infected or open up the possibility of a treatment to cure you. There are conspiracy theories about the despicable things they do and that's possibly the other way of magical thinking to feel invincible.
Both together are the new ruling class and decided that science and institutions like the CDC are only for the weak and woke and therefore must be dismantled.
On the other side, that's what destroys those groups in the end and secure the survival of humanity. But with a lot of collateral damage. Endless passion and suffering. It's a silent war of fascism against it's own. #history_repeating
@luckytran OMG!
They really want us all dead!
They just want the money. They don't give a flying fuck about whether we live or die.
@bruce @grammasaurus @luckytran
It's not a significant amount of money, and none of it's coming out of their pockets. Besides, they can steal all the money without consequences, for example they can do clumsy insider trading and stock market manipulation with no fear of investigation.
So it's not that. They do want a lot of people dead. The possible reasons why are not comfortable, from: creating a miserable underclass makes them feel powerful, up to pestilence is in the book of revelations.
@nazokiyoubinbou @Frieke72 @luckytran Would these be the normal people who either put him into power directly by voting for him, or who put him into power indirectly by not voting for anybody?
Because in those two cases we have 2/3 or so of your electorate.
@ZDL @Frieke72 @luckytran Yes it's them.
It's also those of us who specifically voted against him, who tried everything we could to stop this.
@nazokiyoubinbou @Frieke72 @luckytran It is, yes. But you made it sound like the only people who suffer under the USA's governmental madness. ⅔ of all y'all are reaping what was sown. The rest … you might want to start looking for an exit plan because things will be getting worse long before they get better.
If they ever get better again.
@ZDL @Frieke72 @luckytran It's actually more complicated than that though.
Yes it's true a huge portion chose not to vote. It's also true they've been systematically lead to a point they thought that was the right solution by billions spent in mass media, major social media manipulation, and even the occasional Russian bot.
I'm not saying they're blameless, but it's also a lot more complicated.
And some of us don't get to look for an exit plan. You think I have that kind of money?
@nazokiyoubinbou @Frieke72 @luckytran As the direct descendent of refugees (from two directions, no less!), ask me how impressed I am with "money" as an excuse.
Go ahead.
I'm listening. Honest.
They're going for the Eugenics Prize.
This Administration is an insult to human intelligence…
This is all eugenics. All of it.
@luckytran It seems to me other countries need to start thinking about restricting travel into their territories by Americans or requiring immunization records for specific diseases. The USA is going to turn itself into a mass infection zone at this rate.
@dnkboston Using your social security
@dnkboston Ah, I see you have not yet had the experience that I have had, of first seeing the reports of how much money is in your social security account, and then being told by the SSA that you are locked out of your account and will not be getting any benefits.
The reality of it is eye watering.
@wyatt_h_knott Wait, what? Why are you locked out of your benefits?
My husband and I did a check of ours a few years ago. Because we're a couple, we're almost maxed out.
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