The capitalist class has already conditioned people to be traumatized by the idea of pandemic prevention methods by their handling of COVID
This new bird flu will not be contained and will be allowed to spread unchecked. It can be spread by the pigeons on your street, and the poorly prepared fast food chicken slop treats that capitalist countries love.
And COVID is still here killing people.
This is going to be the new normal for a capitalism dominated world. As the environment crumbles we are going to see pandemic after pandemic as animal populations succumb the the stress of environmental degradation and new diseases emerge.
And with each new variant of disease our bodies are left damaged and more susceptible.
Disease compounding on top of disease.
Welcome to your capitalist utopia.
That’s because they just want to use the Ukrainians as pawns to either grind down the Russian army or at least stress test it to better calibrate their war plans. Members of Congress have literally gloated about this on television: killing Russians on the cheap. It was a plot in that sense. Or at least guided to that outcome once the opportunity became apparent.
And it all seems insane to me because the world hegemon is escalating conflicts around the world with its near peer rivals in an attempt to preserve its unpopular order during a moment when we need international cooperation the most to deal with the unfolding polycrisis caused by anthropogenic climate change.