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Comment by BriggyDwiggs42

1 day ago

“They want us to fear birds” is wild man

They've been beating the bird flu drum for years, and why? Suppose bird flu is a real threat, what is the public meant to do about it? Stop eating birds? There is no pragmatic course of action anybody but highly specialized scientists can take to counter this alleged threat, and yet they keep beating the war drum, trying to make everybody afraid. Fear is the point.

  • > what is the public meant to do about it?

    By this logic, any coverage of international relations is also a conspiracy.