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Re:Flesh-Eating Bacteria That Can Kill in Two Days Spreads i... by fallingknife on Sunday June 16, 2024 @09:50AM (#40697063)
Notice they said "followed" not "caused." But maybe it did cause it. Reducing human contact will slow transmission of all diseases. It's sort of weird to bring it up in an article like this because if this is the explanation it's really not "an increase in outbreaks" it's just getting back to the normal rate.
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Re:Flesh-Eating Bacteria That Can Kill in Two Days Spreads i... by dingnuts on Sunday June 16, 2024 @10:45AM (#40697475)
> Reducing human contact will slow transmission of all diseases

I find it difficult to disabuse myself of the notion that there are people who see this simple statement as justification to return to enforcing certain pandemic era countermeasures permanently as part of a "new normal"

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