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[–] Chainweasel 50 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Covid has a mortality rate of about 3% while H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 56%.
If it starts spreading from person to person and it has an r value similar to Covid, we're fucked.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Probably not. If a virus is too deadly, it kills its hosts before it can spread. That's why SARS didn't turn into a pandemic.

[–] CheeseNoodle 13 points 6 months ago

It will however fuck all the raw milk people.

[–] Skullgrid 4 points 6 months ago

Covid has a mortality rate of about 3%

hah great, makes the 1 in 50k risk of a certain vaccine's side effects even more ridiculous to think about