• Flying Squid
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    32 months ago

    It was only a matter of time before most of humanity got wiped out by a virulent disease. I just thought it would take a good year or two.

        • @Zron@lemmy.world
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          52 months ago

          Only because rich countries don’t provide poor countries with antibiotics needed to fight it.

          TB is a bacterial infection. It is easily diagnosed and treated with even substandard attention from a doctor.

          The fact that it’s spreading so rapidly in America is highly concerning not because TB is super infectious, but because it’s so easy to treat and prevent.

          • Flying Squid
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            -12 months ago

            Antibiotics are becoming less and less effective and drug-resistant TB already exists.