• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    That’s what happens when you let a population host a plague indefinitely; this is why full eradication is good for everyone, not just the countries currently dealing with disease.

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    3 months ago

    Monkeypox. I had to look it up, apparently they changed the name of the disease (presumably because of racists) but the virus itself is still called monkeypox.

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        3 months ago

        Tbf it’s wikipedia, but the first line of the 2nd paragraph says:

        The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus

        Edit: wait lol all your links say that, and one of your links is the same wiki page. But yeah, that’s exactly what I said: the disease is now called mpox, but the virus is still referred to as the monkeypox virus.

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          You’re not wrong, but tbf like I said, it is referred to as that for historical purposes. We are moving away from the older name but it takes time. For example, AIDS was called GRID at one point. Not now. Nobody does that.

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      3 months ago

      You want to really get worried?

      Everything we produce in agriculture is constantly fighting off plagues. From insects, bacterial, fungal and virus infections. It is constantly under attack.

      In crops on average farmers have to change to new varieties every 10 years. In some species it’s every 3-4.

      Global warming is also making it much harder for agriculture. Higher temps = diseases come earlier in the season and last longer. Pest populations are not reduced as much over the winter.

      We have also reached the limits of traditional breeding in many species for disease/pest resistances.

      There is ways we can prevent the pending collapse but not without some massive investments, a complete overhaul of the laws, and fundamental changes in how we do agriculture.