You’d think that people who are involved in politics and policy would be able to appreciate these things, but nobody’s interested in learning anymore, everyone’s in pundit mode full-time.
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I have fought with a few relatives over the idea that the chance of another pandemic is 100%. It WILL happen, just a matter of when. Accurate disease risk assessment is beyond them. If you want to have nightmares about public health, pick the brain of pandemic specialists.
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I spent my career in the nuclear industry; the risks and actual injury from fossil fuels are far greater in every area; mining, drilling, spills, transportation, pipelines, fires, general pollution, co2 emissions,wars, but it was always more fashionable to focus on perceived nuclear risks.
sep 1, 2025, 2:06 pm • 7 0 • view