Given the engineered collapse of USAID and the NIH in the USA, as well as their turning away from WHO support, what are the most likely future scenarios? Can the other developed nations mount a credible pandemic response without the resources of the USA?
I am especially interested in global perspectives because pathogens don’t need passports. How might this impact the global order?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CyVi4UzKxE&list=LL&index=8
I realize this link doesn’t directly answer your question, but it was the right technical level for me to better understand what’s the big deal about the bird flu. And it has some comments about the state of healthcare here in the US & what we’re doing (not doing) to prevent another pandemic. I liked it enough that I watched all 40 minutes, so I guess that’s something? lol.
Oh that is a good video and a good channel overall, thank you.
Yeah I don’t think I need to be an infectious disease expert to see the writing on the wall. We learned from the COVID Experience that a lot of the pain of a pandemic is the social chaos and confusion that make solving the resource choke-points even harder, creating a runaway feedback loop of problems.
This time around we are less prepared, less informed and the woo-woo crowd has had their feelings validated lately so they are feeling extra empowered.
Stocking up on simple essentials in a calm and measured manner is surely not a bad idea. Just some extra toilet paper, hygiene supplies.
And of course, beans.
I can’t speak for the political aspects.
CSIS has a interesting talk on the politics of global health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnErbYQ55kY
However, the global metabolic crisis is a huge risk factor for pandemics. People with compromised immune systems are far more likely to be affected by or disabled by global pandemics. In the USA something like 8% of adults have ideal metabolic health, that means 92% have a compromised immune system
In the USA something like 8% of adults have ideal metabolic health, that means 92% have a compromised immune system
Do you have a (written) source for that? I want to see how they came up with the numbers. Should be interesting.
Metabolically healthy Americans… at 12%
My data shows 88% metabolically unhealthy as of 2016, so I’m guessing it hasn’t improved since then. But the exact numbers are not so important, the trend and prevalence
The more recent paper on this has it at 8% but I don’t have that link handy.
Thank you very much!
That was quick!
Here is the new data until 2018. We are down to 6.8% healthy, 93.2% compromised.
