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I guess nobody will believe that one exists either.
Not "unprepared"... negatively prepared. As in, it seems most people are prepared to actively reject any kind of measures meant to alleviate the spread of whatever the next pandemic is >

I liked to the of COVID as a test run for the real pandemic which will really threaten humanity. We failed miserably. >

I knew we were done when no one wanted to wear a mask. I kept telling people, if I’m wrong about the mask you just have to wear a thin piece of cloth over your mouths. If you’re wrong about the mask, people will die… and people were just okay with the possibility of people dying. We are too selfish as a species. That’s not changing. >

I remember reading someone say "the biggest mistake we made during the pandemic was telling people the masks were not to protect ourselves, but to protect others" >

Unprepared? If anything we are counterprepared, next pandemic you are going to have huge numbers of people deliberately going against sound medical advice. >

Well, perhaps it's just our time. I hope the insects fare far better than we did. >

The REIGN OF THE DOLPHINS shall commence shortly!!!!! >

And the Mantis shall lord over the lands forthwith! All hail, the reign of the Chitin Empire, for it is nigh! >

I was hoping for isopods :3 >

Ah, fear not! The Isopods hold great sway of the seas in their own right; symbiotically - as co-councils to the aforementioned Dolphin Lords – you see. >

Scientists were saying for decades how unprepared we were for a pandemic. Sure enough COVID comes along, continues to fuck things up, and exposes just how fragile everything was: supply chains, geopolitics, economy, trust in science, civility. 
Think it’s safe to say that many of those who make the big decisions saw the last few years only as a big cash and power grab, and have done little to nothing to build up resiliency and redundancy in any of these areas of civilization. So yeah, we are even less prepared for the next pandemic than we were for this one. >

We learned that pretty loud and clear during covid. If the next ones any more serious than the flu then we all f'd. >

We're probably less prepared for the next one than the last one because a large proportion of the population now believes it was fake or overblown and wont cooperate from the start next time. >

Exactly. And it’s frightening. The pandemic never should have become politicized. It’s insane. >

It turns out electing the leader of the country is actually not a trivial thing, especially a serial liar and leader of a cult. >

THE NEXT ONE??? FUCKING SHIT IS FALLING APART DURING THIS ONE. >

its interesting how we bungled any attempt at preventing the spread. Yes i get that it was probably too late, to stop travelers from initial impact countries. But world leaders were more concerned about offending other world leaders. Unfortunately it spread like wild fire and the next will probably be no different. Also freedumb took on a whole new meaning.
I do think the biggest factor was leadership indecisive. Oh take this vaccine and you are good! the honor system!
lol >

In retrospect there was no stopping the spread of covid. This particular disease is WAY too transmissible. Best we could have done is slow it down some more. >


In retrospect there was no stopping the spread of covid. 

And yet some countries managed zero cases for months at a time in the middle of the pandemic.
There were definitely ways to do it. >

Then Omicron came and that went out the door. >

Countries couldn't cut off forever. 
Eventually something was going to get through.
But if every countries had been fast and strict and cut cases down we probably wouldn't even have omicron.
More cases = more variants. >

So here’s the thing.  You don’t get to dictate what other countries do.
Hence why these stuff are so hard to control.  Once the virus went global (left China) the cat was out of the bag. >


So here’s the thing.  You don’t get to dictate what other countries do.

Where did I say I could?

Once the virus went global (left China) the cat was out of the bag.

What are you trying to say here? That countries that kept cases low (or zero) for months and saved tens of thousands of lives did it for no reason and that other countries shouldn't have followed suit?
Shouldn't countries copy what others do when it's proven to be successful? >

You were complaining about variants.  Of course every countries with the virus has to be onboard or what’s the point of doing something similar to China while variants breed everywhere?
If you want to close your borders forever. (Even that wasn’t sustainable with Omicron)
If you want to open to the rest of the world then no. >

I'm still telling my coworkers to wash their damn hands after they sit on the toilet for 15 minutes.
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3 years of covid and you'd think they'd have figured out basic hygiene by now. >

Just take some anti-biotics if you get a cough >

..../s? Please tell me that's an /s. >

No one will care, humans live from crisis to crisis, first a war then maybe after another pandemic >

Humans have really short-term memories. I'm shocked how many people "never thought a pandemic would occur during my lifetime." 
Well, the scientists and epidemiologists weren't shocked. They've been screaming from the rooftops that a global pandemic was a matter of when, not if. But I guess people in the 21st century are spoiled. Most of them had never had to personally deal with deadly diseases, war, etc. so they assume that those things only happen in fiction or history books. That's why people are questioning vaccinations and generally not taking serious threats seriously. >

Western society in general has become incredibly spoiled. This isn't to say we don't have our issues, we absolutely do, but the mere concept of things like war, famine, and disease on a massive scale are all completely foreign to the vast majority of society. These are the things that only show up in fiction or news articles about some far away third world country, not things happening outside your doorstep.
Western society really needs a wake-up call before some actually catastrophic shit strikes that we're woefully unprepared for. It's unfortunate that 2020 wasn't enough of a wake-up call for us. >

Japan has been locked down for years out of sheer panic, China is currently crushing all records, India couldn't keep up with bodies. How are you calling out the western part of the world here? >

We're still dangerously unprepared for the current pandemic too >

The mask is an IQ test.  Pretty sure we'll get fucked again.  Years later and people still chin-diaper or pull it off to speak. >

They're still wearing them where you live?
I'm usually one of the few wearing them when I go out grocery shopping. >

Not only that, but our lifestyles are effectively begging for the next one to happen. >

Free money and time off work..sign me back up >

But what about second pandemic? And elevensies? Noon pandemic and afternoon? He's heard of them hasn't he? >

What do they infect, if they can’t get hobbit? >

Looks like meat's back on the menu! >

I was just thinking about this today while listening to The People's CDCs weekly COVID update.
These past few years, we could have been perfecting our response and establishing a solid contract tracing program in the US.  Instead half the country pretended it wasn't real and politicians played games. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 70%. (I'm a bot)


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The recommendations were released on the third anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 an international public health emergency.
The report also said countries should review their legislation to ensure it is in line with their pandemic preparedness plans by the end of 2023 and adopt a new treaty and revised international health regulations by next year that would invest more in the readiness of local communities.


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We still haven’t learn from the latest one. When China opened everything up and stopped doing zero Covid cases or whatever they called it , the world did not stop flights from China and they let people fly all over the world. We are dumb and thankfully Covid is not as deadly as they first thought >

Frankly I could use another lockdown. >

For me it depends if I can save up for a new gaming computer before crypto explodes in price again, if I can then lockdown me dad >

I'm gtg, I bought a ton of Steam sale games years ago that I never played which should see my now obsolete hardware as "Ultimate". >

pfft. We're dangerously unprepared for THIS one.
I am so done with society. I order everything online. Go to an actual store maybe once a month when I absolutely have to.
Buncha looney toons out there who think a disease that is now the principle cause of childhood death is over. >

We are doomed. 
I also order everything online, especially after seeing how people behave at the store.
Why am I disinfecting my hands when there are people wiping their noses and touching all the apples? Why are employees putting produce from the floor straight back onto the display?! 
Why can’t people cover their face when they sneeze? I am bewildered.
Anyways, I save lots of money not buying junk- and it’s easier to budget when you have your groceries laid out on an app!
I am still giving in to eating in at restaurants once a month, though… >

I was so wrong about humanity and it's stupidity. I thought that there is no way that people could be ignoring something they were living with. But damn,all my friends are basically:it did not hurt me,does not exist. When all the symptoms are there,it's just a cold. 
Unprepared is an understatement. We are really fucked if it wasn't for the scientists who actually have a brain that can think straight. >

The next one may be more Darwinian if it's relatively lethal. 
Moron: "I read on the internet it's a hoax/CIA plot". 
Next week: Moron is no more. >

Problem is the ten people Moron infected screaming maskless at them about how the problem isn't real. >

I mean...yeah?
If anything, COVID highlighted the dangerous of incorrect/bungled messaging to the public, overreaction (to clarify- utilizing maximum measures at risk of jading the public to future measures) at too early of a stage, overall mismanagement of response, misinformation, and utter lack of care by many members of the population.
COVID was a mild pandemic- even with the horrific consequences of Long Covid. I worry about the next one which could have a fatality rate in double-digits. So now, I just focus on keeping myself, my friends, and my family, safe. Clearly those in government to enact change (by and large) and public either don't care or are plain incompetent.
Sauce because I'm some rando on the internet: Masters in Emergency Management/Disaster preparedness, and work in that field/Public Health. >

It's all been a bit of a blur, so could you remind me of the bit where there was an overreaction too early? >

Perhaps I should have chosen a better word other than over-reaction- I'll amend that. It was more of implementing maximum measures without any mind for the future. There were MASSIVE shutdowns/etc in some areas where the virus had just begun to spread (from what I understand.) Across the board, the government implemented maximum protocols from the start.; which is a good thing, but it has to be measured against the risk and spread (and be kept in mind for the future.) 
However it played out, when more contagious variants reared their head, the public (and politicians) were too jaded to even consider returning to those days. >

Ok, I gotcha.  I was fishing for your perspective, which you gave in that last little bit.
The lockdown, the best proven method to reduce transmission, left a bad taste in people's mouths and they weren't willing to do it again.  Agreed. >

No worries. And that's what I've generally gleaned. My thoughts were that the lockdowns were nessesary- but balance that again what a co-worker said.  While they saw COVID as a very mild thing, they made the good point that the lockdowns left a horrid taste in both people and government's mouths; which ruined a proper response later on- both for a pandemic and in general public health terms. >

Hopefully I'll live in a state that gives a long lockdown, for gaming purposes >

I think there's a paradox with COVID: It wasn't dangerous/deadly enough for people to take it seriously.  Yeah, we saw old, sick people die in the thousands, but young people mostly suffered a scratch. 
Whereas something like Ebola that REALLY fucks people up and is gruesome AF to deal with, would make people want to take it serious.  Late-stage Ebola is fucked, and the most humane solution is a gas chamber. 
A pandemic like Ebola would make A LOT of politicians say, "fuck it. We don't care about feelings.  We aren't going out like that". 
Also, the biggest issue with COVID initially were the reports coming out of China - they were VERY inconsistent.  Some Chinese officials were saying, "Hey, take this seriously", and others were saying, "It's not a big deal". The ones saying it's no big deal were too worried about being alarmist and going to prison for delivering bad news. Some of the ones who were saying it's a big deal were told to STFU or else. >

I hope you aren't wrong. COVID asked the bare minimum and some people refused to do it.
The biggest issue that hasn't been adressed is that people who live paycheck to paycheck can't afford to stay quarantined for extensive amounts of time, so while politicians push for a forced quarantine, we are going to see push back. >

And we always will be. Especially in this, the 'Post-Truth' age. >

The world might not be, but I am. I still haven't had COVID, and don't plan on it.
I'm worried that it will cause some shingle type shit. >

Have we ever been prepared? >

pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon? /commercial >

Lol we're still unprepared for the current one >

Now give us a bunch of money we'll blow on new homes and sports cars for our execs! >

We’re not even ready for this one. >

Fuckin Captain obvious red cross >

How is this news at this point? >

They handled  the last one like crap so... duh. >

If h5n1 makes the jump to humans it'll make covid look like the tutorial. Look at the person next to you. One of you is going to die.
H5n1 has already made the jump to a dozen or so species of mammal already. If the virus is transmitted to ferrets the same virus can be transmitted to humans. >

Thank you for starting my day with this. Prick. >

Not again >

I won’t see idiots standing on bridges with flags if it’s highly lethal…. 🌞 >

the next imminent pandemic (call it some 20 years from now) will be that of mental illness from the perils of social media, coming soon to hundreds of millions near you. >

I mean a lot of people actively chose not to learn this last time and for many it cost them dearly. Hell "not learning" and being defiantly ignorant on principle became a political pillar of rightwing but also among "naturalists" who think they know more than doctors or at least enough to make a "qualified educated decision" on the matter which got many children and elderly and immunocompromised killed. 
So yeah, "dangerously unprepared" is a good description for a society determined to shoot itself in the foot rather than change its habits or take the advise of intellectuals and those properly educated. >

Even if 2 billion die in the next pandemic,  we'll still be over populated. >

This is reassuring in a terrible way. >

Come on gimme zombies for $500! >

The world is better prepared than ever before. And we did pretty well this time around. The speed at which we had vaccines was unprecedented and has moved forward MRNA research by decades.
If it happens again, responsible countries now know the options. >

No, though I followed all protocols and listened intently to all advice- the world was NOT ready. 
The amount of misinformation and the sheer amount of selfish humans who had no regard for anyone but themselves made it so that the people putting effort into being safe made little difference. 
When you have half a country opposing science, you CANNOT call the world “prepared”. 
Money needs to go back into education for that to be truth. >

I didn’t say we were ready before covid hit. I said we are better prepared now. There’s a huge difference. >

I think we were better prepared years ago when misinformation wasn’t circling like cotton candy. 
It’s way too easy for others to get sucked down the conspiracy hole, and now we will be even LESS prepared for the next one because people add going to regurgitate all of the BS they picked up this time around :/ >

Doesn’t matter how many words you capitalise, the reality is we have a lot more data and knowledge, which leads to better preparation. There will always be conspiracies and people that refuse restrictions, but we know that now and what compliance with health orders looks like. That can fit into future modelling.  It’s ridiculous to state we are less prepared than pre-Covid. >

It doesn’t matter how far medicine has come, or how much data and knowledge we “have”… if education lags too far behind (like it has now) then it won’t reach enough people to benefit the population. 
If the educated are a minority, any form of preparation is not going to have a effect on the outcome, therefore we won’t be more prepared, not in reality. Books are being banned, religion is being pushed over factual science, kids are being indoctrinated all over the planet to be faithful instead of knowledgeable. Facts are out the window. The only countries that are better prepared now than before Covid are the ones that value education and are largely non-religious.
The second a new pandemic arrives, there will be widespread protests against any form of health measures put in place to protect. Hell, our own idiots here in Canada are STILL going on about covid even though they have all of their freedumbs. If anything else were to start, I am convinced it would result in civil war in the states and that all precautions would fall on deaf ears here in canada. The only factor that could save us would be if it were to be low risk in regards to deaths. 
And I like my capitalized words, it’s the only way to put emphasis on certain words as if speaking out loud. >

I’d say we were dangerously unprepared for the one we’re going through. >

Almost like people don't care after learning world governments released a virus with a 99.9% survival rate and then ordered draconian measures on citizens for literally no reason. Then mandated a shot that does far more harm than good. Why would anyone trust gov? >

No shit, because you’ll have some dumbass Trump-like leader doing everything he can to downplay everything and his mouth breather followers insulting and attacking any and everyone who tries to help! >

It's funny that world population grew to 8 billion, pandemic wasn't nearly as deadly as portrayed by the media. My hometown had 2 people die of COVID, both over the age of 80. For clarity, the average lifespan in my hometown is 65-70.
Pandemic, pandemic And now economic crisis.
Stop panicking over every small thing. >

Just because you didn't personally experience it, it doesn't make the pandemic less deadly. I know people who lost their loved ones and could even say a last goodbye. Personally I lost a loved one too. Try to be a bit empathetic and think before you speak on here. It hurts. >

We hacen’t had a real pandemic yet. >

Yawn. The species needs a real culling. Bring it. >

Are you volunteering? >

Should the disease come, it will come. We haven’t behaved like a species that belongs. We’re collectively destroyed spaces we could have easily called our own while allowing others to thrive. At the same time we’ve destroyed countless species and their habitats. These diseases are a direct result of our behaviors. We needn’t like it, but we’ve done nothing to prevent it. So no, I won’t die for anyone else. Folks need to stfu and work on fixing root cause. You can’t prepare for diseases like this for the same reason that they happen. Humans by nature, are incapable AS A SPECIES. Of working together, for the good of the species. You’ll get a group here or there that acts. You’ll get a much larger swath that whines. But by and large, we’re just gonna consume this planet, until it’s in a state where we can’t survive on it. Not in the numbers that exist. Not in the ways we do today. Will a subgroup survive and evolve? You and I will never know. >

Yea didn't read any of this dogshit. If you think the world is overpopulated and it needs a culling, be the change you want to see. Start with yourself.
Or are you so fucking simple minded that you think you're special? It's other people that need culling right? Fucking fool. >

I didn’t say that. When my time comes it comes. If you think humans belong here after what we’ve done, or that we are capable of change, your delusional. And it seems….. angry. I didn’t say start culling. I said disease will cull and it inevitable, based on human behavior. Best of luck! >

Sounds awfully familiar, Eh, ill sheep it and ignore any possibility >

As is tradition. >

Doesn’t help that pandemics have become yet another battleground in the culture wars. >

No worries; Alberta shut down it's airborne pathogen division which helped procure early access to n95 masks.
Shut down over a year ago now. >

Yeah… and no one will believe a thing next time >

The Red Cross sucks >

Weren’t mRNA vaccines like a huge miracle breakthrough that should be able to be adjusted for something else? >

Red Cross is dangerously mismanaged from the top down, so of course they are going to ask for more money to line pockets. >

I think a more accurate description would be “catastrophically de-prepared” >

Not to be a jerk.... but we didn't do great with the last/current one >

Que sera sera >

One more is gonna be the last, I don't think we got another pandemic, financial crisis or global conflict left in us. >

Misinformation will set in
Politicians will politicize it for political gain
People will refuse to follow simple instructions to save their and their families life.
All those things will get you beat in a pandemic. It will do what covid did. Wash through take who it's going to take until natural immunity and vaccines take hold. >

Then brace yourself, get Blue Cross today! >

And the next pandemic is inevitable due to the shitty practices of factory farming. >

But that's next pandemic's problem!