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A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists -- who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 29 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

The pandemic, the inherent flaws of an antiquated two party system, malicious individuals controlling all major social media platforms, an overworked and undersupported population, low education standards. Idk I'm German and have never been over but from what I can tell it's very complex. And while many of my fellow Europeans like to give Americans shit online right now the truth is most of us are one or two unfortunate elections away from a similar scenario. Whatever it is that's driving people apart isn't exclusively an American problem.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

healthcare, and lack of job prospect in many stems field as a undergrad. almost no help in getting people into wet lab work outside of your degree, since it is the most important part of the degree

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

On the global stage, it's the explosion in communication tech with little to no oversight. It's not even the first time is happened in the last century. Radio, newspaper, television, whenever there's a new, faster way to disseminate information we collectively forget how important it is to regulate that shit before something bad happens. That, plus regulatory capture weakening the limits on already existing information platforms.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Whatever it is that's driving people apart isn't exclusively an American problem.

This is the scary part. The entire world seems to be shifting right again. I think a lot of it how easy misinformation and disinformation is to spread with the ubiquitous social media now, but like you said, it's complex, and there likely isn't any single factor contributing to this.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 9 hours ago

Just to chime in on Covid - I think that was a symptom caused by a lot of underlying problems, and not a cause. Granted it had its effects, but under a rational leadership from the US I don't think we would have seen what we did ever get that far. The topic here (bird flu), measles, etc. are an example of how they are more of a fever indicator from a deep infection we've had for decades and just pretended things were fine. Hell, the failure of Reconstruction after the Civil War is the ultimate example of that bandage over a festering wound.