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Can we keep this stuff in c/doomer, there’s nothing I can do about it and it’s just increasing my already skyrocketed anxiety
noted for future posts
The racistly named Spanish Flu evolved in WW1, and it has been speculated that selective pressures due to the war caused it to increase spreadability and lower incubation times. Wonder if this is a similar thing.
That’s what I suspect, also a fun fact is that one of the first recorded cases of the Spanish flu appeared at Fort Riley in Kansas.
The only reason why t’was called the “Spanish flu” in the first place, was because as a neutral nation in WW1, it had no reason to hide the news during wartime, but their national coverage ultimately associated them as the influenza place of origin.
I liked this better when it was a king gizzard song
Ah fuck, I thought the US would get the bird flu first
The news bingo does specify two new plagues…
This war births a new horror every other month
oh, not actual bugs.
Epidemiologic situation in Ukraine (and to a lesser extent in other post-Soviet countries too) has been worsening since 1991.
no way to explain that
I was reaidng one of those Cool Russia blogs at one point because i was researching something and it was on epidemiology in the USSR. The article was titled something like “The USSR conquered disease, but is that the whole story?”. It basically talks about soviet immunization campaigns, and then at the end complains that in the USSR the soda fountains only had 2 glass cups people shared.
Under communism everyone shares the same 2 unbreakable DDR glasses
Nah it’s actually a real thing, it was a real thing in the United States too. My mom’s side of the fam hated the public soda fountains because they thought sharing cups with half the city was gross.
As long as they were washed after each use it sounds fine. They were washed after each use right?
Imagine a Coke Freestyle Machine that only serves seltzer, but instead of plastic cups you have 2 glasses. This machine is a vending machine that’s just installed on the street. There is nowhere to wash the glasses.
This is an older design, but it shows the glasses well.
This is the “classic” design that’s Sovietana
This is a modernized replica that you’d use with paper cups
There’s a bunch of glasses on the tops of the vending machines from the one picture up above, I’m honestly kinda curious in how it actually worked vs the weird western pearl clutching.
Looks like on the right there’s a thing to rinse the glasses, but I doubt it’d do very much. So I guess people just trusted their immune systems lol.
Fallout Timeline Achievment Unlocked: New Plague Discovered
weren’t there a bunch of US biolabs in Ukraine?
Now, now
That was Russian propaganda, but yes
I mean, yes, but to the extent that they may act as biological weapons facilities
it’s up in the air…
