• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        There is a certain segment of society that thinks every natural event is a “sign from (their) god”.

        I do wonder how many of the same people that kept mindlessly repeating phrases like “gain of function! gain of function!” like good little parrots were ALSO saying the pandemic was a “sign from god”, though… 😂

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          Wonder about the natural world is nice, but I’ve definitely seen people take it too far. One comment on here talked about how they saw miracles every day. Like they were hungry and found $20 in their jacket pocket. Or they were cold and the sun came out.

          That’s not a miracle. It’s just coincidence. You can’t say that everything is meaningful or nothing is.

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          well the problem is they always see it as a sign they’re right. Even when its like a tree falling on them. Never is the “sign from god” a message to the viewer a sign to stop being an asshole

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        If it was the other way around Trump would most definitely use it to rally his troops. “see what God visited on the Earth when the democrats were in power?” Or something like that

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      6 months ago

      H5N1 is almost certainly going to become a pandemic no matter who wins.

      And the majority GOP House (plus a likely Senate takeover) will do the same exact thing they did in 2019 when COVID hit: Blame foreigners, persecute physicians, peddle phony cures, and deny its even happening all at once.

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      6 months ago

      Yes, a very scary crisis under this asshat is what truly scares me (and that’s assuming he doesn’t just go for broke on being a dictator day one). I mean, Covid was bad enough, but had a very, very low fatality rate.

      Something like H5N1 would be a total fustercluck of conspiracy theories, narcissism, bad advice, nonsense and carnage under this utterly incompetent dumbass and his grifting accomplices/hangers-on…Americans would pay the price by the millions under such bad “leadership”.

      Thankfully, at least, adults are aiming to do something about it; I hope they don’t slow down in any way, and instead work on this very diligently in the even that donnie does get into office so that we are prepared for just such an event. Of course, the faux/maga/q brainiacs have spread so much antivaxxer nonsense that their actions would likely have a negative effect even when we do have a vaccine and even if donnie is not in office.

      https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248634097/federal-health-officials-aim-to-develop-a-vaccine-to-protect-people-from-bird-fl