An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death
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That's subjective as it depends on your definition of reverence and of plenty.
That said, it's a very good point you raised initially and I wholeheartedly agree that it's a bit weird.
I agree that the natural world is, for all intents and purposes, analogous to a god.
I also agree that everyone, particularly the most pious of us, seem determined to disregard this god.
Religion is the wrong word, but I do wish that there was more focus on building appreciation for the natural world.
I'm reminded of the "solar punk" movement. There's an instance slrpnk.net which collates some of these ideas.
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We should really stop eating bats.
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I haven't seen the r-slur used since the mid 2000s, and now suddenly it's everywhere in the past 2-3 weeks. Why are we back-pedaling on even the most basic decencies?
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It also depends on its mortality rate. The, article says 50 died but over 900 infected.
Still incredibly high, but initially it seemed like it was much higher. If enough asymptomatic, or non deadly people catch it and pass it on, it's still pandemicable, just less effective.
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Yeah who has ever heard of bird flu?
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There are definitely religious and spiritual systems that revere nature, like paganism. It's the only thing that really makes sense to me.
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It’s the Congo.
King Leopold was one of history’s greatest monsters. Rubber tree plantations - they’d chop a hand off or worse if you didn’t make quota. (The Heart of Darkness, later retold as Apocalypse Now, later retold as Spec Ops: the Line.)
The region has been ravaged for the past two centuries. Remember Kony 2012? Those starving children could have been soldiers.
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I can think of cheaper!
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This does sound wild.
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spoken like someone trying to keep all the good bats for themselves
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Honestly, every last one of you can go have a nice day, as far as I'm concerned.
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That's also an old Soviet intelligence classic, so I'd bet you're spot on.
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gets a tear in his PPE
I winced. Is it confirmed it can be transmitted sexually?
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I'll take all your bat meat and dispose of it safely for you
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What on earth do you put on your biscuits, if not white gravy?
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I forgive you.
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When fash take over the hard words come back. Also id say the prez is more retarded than someone with down syndrome so really he owns the word now kinda like how all nazis are boot licking fa*****ts(fascists lol)
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No, but they get some nasty stuff that if transmitted to humans more often prove lethal. It is due to bats having an incredibly high body temperature (even more so than most other flying things though most of them are high). Human fever really cannot compete with that and our bodies may just kill themselves with the viral response IIRC.
