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   Krypt3ia (krypt3ia@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 20:21:13 JST Krypt3ia

   ENJOY YOUR NEXT PANDEMIC: #h5n1

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     Infoseepage (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 20:21:12 JST Infoseepage

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     @krypt3ia This is so, so stupid. H5N1 could yield a high consequence human pandemic and mRNA vaccines offer the best shot at getting something strongly immunogenic out there to a large percentage of the population quickly. The existing egg based production lines simply couldn't handle the high demand such a pandemic would cause, nor would it be quick out the gate, which means more months of transmission and death.

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     Infoseepage (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 20:22:12 JST Infoseepage

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     @krypt3ia The Spanish Flu reached it's month of highest mortality around seven months after it was recognized to be spreading. We need a vaccine technology that can get a vaccine into people's arms inside of that time frame. mRNA can do that. The others cannot, afaik.

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     Infoseepage (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 20:24:02 JST Infoseepage

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     @krypt3ia 590 million is a cheap hedge against what could be a disastrously high consequence event. We spend over 800 billion a year on the military. This is a far cheaper and more bang for your buck effective way of protecting the people of the US from a very real threat.