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Imagine if Trump gets reelected, and H5N1 becomes a pandemic.
I’d rather be imaging trump getting eaten by ticks
That's a big waste of energy. Drop him in a volcano or something instead and send a scientific probe to the sun.
I'm pretty sure the Volanco God is going to be upset with us for using such a poor, excuse of a a sacrifice.
Fucked in the ass with a bayonet to death?
No that would be too traumatic for the heroes doing it
Prison, dying in obscurity while watching everything he has ever done be unmade.
Euthanasia by Bedbugs
I remember reading that there was a large percentage of Americans that considered the pandemic a "sign from god". Now I'm no statistician, but I feel like there's a large overlap between the people who thought that and the people who absolutely would not think it's a sign negatively related to Trump, and would somehow justify the second one as a warning about those damn deep state liberals.
Would be pretty hilarious though, if not for the innocent people who would suffer.
There is a certain segment of society that thinks every natural event is a "sign from (their) god".
I do wonder how many of the same people that kept mindlessly repeating phrases like "gain of function! gain of function!" like good little parrots were ALSO saying the pandemic was a "sign from god", though.... 😂
Wonder about the natural world is nice, but I've definitely seen people take it too far. One comment on here talked about how they saw miracles every day. Like they were hungry and found $20 in their jacket pocket. Or they were cold and the sun came out.
That's not a miracle. It's just coincidence. You can't say that everything is meaningful or nothing is.
I probably wouldn't judge them for that outright... it's a cruel world and if feeling happy about minor convenient coincidences helps them get through it, then good for them.
Though if they're really overbearing about it in that toxic positivity sort of way, I'm sure they'd be super insufferable to be around.
well the problem is they always see it as a sign they're right. Even when its like a tree falling on them. Never is the "sign from god" a message to the viewer a sign to stop being an asshole
If it was the other way around Trump would most definitely use it to rally his troops. "see what God visited on the Earth when the democrats were in power?" Or something like that
H5N1 is almost certainly going to become a pandemic no matter who wins.
And the majority GOP House (plus a likely Senate takeover) will do the same exact thing they did in 2019 when COVID hit: Blame foreigners, persecute physicians, peddle phony cures, and deny its even happening all at once.
Yes, a very scary crisis under this asshat is what truly scares me (and that's assuming he doesn't just go for broke on being a dictator day one). I mean, Covid was bad enough, but had a very, very low fatality rate.
Something like H5N1 would be a total fustercluck of conspiracy theories, narcissism, bad advice, nonsense and carnage under this utterly incompetent dumbass and his grifting accomplices/hangers-on...Americans would pay the price by the millions under such bad "leadership".
Thankfully, at least, adults are aiming to do something about it; I hope they don't slow down in any way, and instead work on this very diligently in the even that donnie does get into office so that we are prepared for just such an event. Of course, the faux/maga/q brainiacs have spread so much antivaxxer nonsense that their actions would likely have a negative effect even when we do have a vaccine and even if donnie is not in office.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248634097/federal-health-officials-aim-to-develop-a-vaccine-to-protect-people-from-bird-fl