Posted on 04/28/2022 5:23:19 AM PDT by dynachrome
Climate change is pushing mammals into new territory, increasing the number of opportunities for viruses to jump from species to species — including humans. By 2070, if global temperatures continue to rise as predicted, there could be a total of 15,000 new cross-species “viral sharing events,” according to new research published today in the journal Nature.
Of the at least 10,000 virus species in mammals capable of infecting humans, most are still only circulating among animals in the wild. The worry is that more of those viruses could eventually make the leap to humans, potentially sparking a health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Ultimately, this work provides us with more incontrovertible evidence that the coming decades will not only be hotter but sicker,” Gregory Albery, a disease ecologist at Georgetown University and co-lead author of the study, said in a call with reporters.
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How are the viruses doing in the northeast right now? It was in the 30s last night in NYC - and it is almost May.
This is the most ridiculous speculation I’ve seen in a while.
Completely non scientific. It’s equivalent to a palm reader.
My A$$! Here in SW Pennsylvania it went down to 29 last night.
Remember...antibiotics don't work as well because of overuse.
I would really, really like to hear one of these goofballs explain this. Most of the warming that has occurred has been in the polar regions in the winter! The rest of the planet has seen, on average, little warming. So they are saying that a warmer winter in the arctic will cause more viruses? LOL
Science has become a magic wand which identifies endless problems — all of which can be solved by communism.
Let’s just combine all our fear tactics into one. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
More made-up craptistics.
An ice age would certainly reduce this risk. Is that what we want? See, the food grows better in a warmer world than a colder world too.
“The worry is that more of those viruses could eventually make the leap to humans, potentially sparking a health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic”
but the covid was made in a lab and leaked on purpose, so not like natural viruses at all.
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Reminds me of Michael Moore predicting in 2005 that there was going to be one or two Katrina sized hurricanes every year going forward. It’s like the left seems to latch on to “science” in order to entertain and scare people.
Have they proved CO2 can make the earth to warm?
Their little covid 19 seemed to do a lot of “hitchhiking” year round. You know, “the winter of death” Sloppy Joe described.
I am so tired of being fed bullshit.
Now we know why blossoming commies need to resort to force on their citizens. People know and get tired and angry listening to their BS propaganda 24/7.
This is one stupid theory. If the world was cooling there would also be migration, but it would place more animals into a smaller space. And generally diseases spread quicker amongst animals in closer proximity. A warming world increases their range.
44 this morning in Wake Forest NC. Very cool for late April.
Bunch of manipulative jackasses.
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To the author: So why is flu season always Dec, Jan, and Feb?
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