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prep4tomoro Ā· 2 years ago
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Cold and Flu [and Pandemic] Preparation and Practices:
Whenever a new virus is announced, a bell should go off in our heads to think "this could be the one that gets out of control". Think, for a minute, how often we come in contact with things that others have touched; the list is endless. Unless you continually wear surgical masks and gloves, you WILL be exposed to the germs of someone else who could be infected with any number of nasty communicable germs that could make you mildly sick or worse. Make a habit of these germ protection actions to reduce the chances of getting it, prevent spreading it and treating it. Of all the things that could cause a wide-spread Public Emergency, a virus is the most probable. It has no boundaries. It's easy to spread (airborne or physical contact) and may not be obvious until diagnosed properly. "Common Cold-Like Symptoms" could be the disguise of a more sinister bug that, in less than a year, could cause the deaths of many around the globe. READ ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE MORE AT RISK Immune-Boosting Supplements to Fight Cold, Flu & Virus Here is the official Center for Disease Control advice on avoiding a virus:
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
Stay home when you are sick.
Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. Other Precautions
Protection Against Germs on Everyday Surfaces We Touch: Think, for a minute, how often we come into contact with things that others have touched; elevator buttons, door handles, shopping carts, door bells, stairway handles, telephones, keyboards/mice, handshakes, counter tops, appliances, toilets, toilet stall doors and paper holders, sink knobs, hand dryer buttons, utensils at food bars . . . the list is endless. Unless you continually wear surgical gloves, you WILL be exposed to the germs of someone else you may, or may not, know and those persons could be infected with any number of nasty communicable germs that could make you mildly sick or worse. Regardless of how it is transmitted, the precautions are the same; sanitation, hand washing and covering coughs/sneezes.
Practice never touch anything with your bear hands; shoping carts, door handles, money, credit cards, etc.
Avoid touching anything in public places
If you must touch a public surface, use disinfecting wipes to clean surfaces before touching them or cover the surface with a cloth or towel.
Wash hands and use alcohol-based Hand Sanitizer often, especially after touching anything that is not your own.
Avoid shaking hands and touching the bear skin of others and wash hands often, especially after touching others.
Learn how Copper can kill cold, flu and virus germs on surfaces and skin.
Response:
Review your Documented Emergency Plan and update as needed.
Do NOT go to gas stations if a pandemic does erupt. Keep your car tank near full and keep gas containers, safely stored on your property, ready to use (you can rotate this gas into your car every 3 months, it stays usable well beyond this). Make sure your car is well-maintained and equipped for an emergency.
Do NOT go to supermarkets if a pandemic does erupt. There will be panic buying. Start using your Emergency Food Supply.
Monitor News Broadcasts for Public Water Contamination concerns and use your Emergency Water Supply if necessary.
Stay away from public places to avoid the virus and to avoid possible looting/marauding which can happen immediately.
Review and tighten your Defense Strategy.
Check your bug out bags and emergency supplies and stock up. LED flashlights are bestā€”if youā€™ve got old bulbs, consider getting LED. Even if you have a stocked bug-out location, it's best to take everything you can fit in your car of survival value.
As a virus spreads, limit your time in mass public places/events and consider doing what you often see in big Asian cities ā€” wear a N95 Mask (to cover the mouth and nose) when out in public.
Monitor (in small doses) Broadcasts to stay informed of local emergency conditions.
Isolation of a non-contaminated (safe) space is important for the comfort and well-being of healthy people. Securing these areas with plastic sheeting and duct tape, from contaminated areas (and those inside), is not pleasant but necessary. Since flu germs can survive for up to 48 hours or more on some surfaces, quarantined areas may have to be designated and those entering the quarantined areas must "suit up" with the protective gear. Exterior openings (like doors and windows) should be covered to prevent leakage of a contaminated outside into the dwelling and a barrier area should be setup with plastic sheeting between the quarantined and the non-contaminated area so that quarantined-area visitors can remove their PPE clothing before entering the non-contaminated area. A decontamination area should be setup to decontaminate anything or anyone intending to enter a non-contaminated area. This can be as simple as a garden hose, common anti-bacterial soap, and a small step stool in the center of a kiddie pool surrounded by shower curtains. The "decontaminee" strips off all clothes, which are placed in a plastic bag for disposal, then, while standing on the step stool, is sprayed with the hose and soaps down (head to toes) with the anti-bacterial soap, for about 3 to 5 minutes. After rinsing off, and avoiding to step in the decontaminated water in the pool, the "decontaminee" puts on clean PPE clothing and foot protection to avoid further spread of the infection/virus. They are then put into a quarantine room for observation for a time specified (2+ weeks) for the infection/virus. Safe Food Handling: Refer to Food Contamination Prevention to reduce spreading a virus. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):* The basic components of a full-fledged Pandemic Kit is recommended for each "Go Bag" and a complete Pandemic Kit should be in every home. Ready-made kits*, or products to build your own, can be purchased from many internet sites or local stores that sell hospital supplies. Basic supplies include*:
N95 Masks (to cover the mouth and nose). Be aware of Hypercapnia that can result from wearing a mask too long, under certain circumstances, and that certain types of masks are ineffective. Ā Ā  [More on Masks] [DIY Face Mask 1 (article)] Ā Ā  [DIY Face Mask 2 (video)] Ā Ā  [DIY Face Mask 3 (video)] Ā Ā  [DIY Face Mask 4 (video)]
Zippered Coveralls (isolation gowns) with adhesive tape to wrap ankles and wrists
Surgical-grade hair net (if the isolation gown does not have a hood)
Safety Goggles
Antimicrobial wipes or cleaner (for body and hard surfaces)
Surgical gloves (Nitrile, non-latex, medical-grade)
Foot/shoe covers
Bio-Hazard Bag (for permanent disposal of contaminated items which should never be reused)
If protective gear* is exposed to a contaminated area, it must be removed and placed in the Bio-Hazard Bag, and hands sanitized, before the wearer can enter a non-contaminated area. Several sets of protective gear* (quantity based on activity within contaminated areas) will be necessary for the duration of the outbreak. Duration / Affects: A full-fledged flu pandemic event could last up to 8 weeks, IF proper public response and controls are put in place, and could cause severe social, economic and political stress. If public response is not swift, the effects could last considerably longer. Herd Immunity: We deal with the flu, and many other diseases, every year and we survive it because we LIVE our normal lives through it. The sooner people are exposed to a disease, the sooner the desease will stop spreading. With few exceptions, when we are exposed to a disease, our immune system grows stonger. The only thing worse than the disease is the FEAR of it. Read more. If a serious, extended, outbreak occurs, shortages, or contamination, of food and water supplies could result. Your long-term water storage supply should be used. Food that was purchased prior to the event may be okay to ingest but purchasing food during an extended outbreak may be risky so consider using your long-term food storage supply until the outbreak is over. Also, a defense strategy may be necessary against those who have not prepared. Regardless of the event or its severity, the most important thing is to have a plan. Improve the odds with personal education, planning and taking action and sharing this information with all of our acquaintances. The more who prepare and apply these precautions, fewer will be those infected and the outbreak duration may be reduced. * All components of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are not created equal. Research to find the best products and how to put on (Donning) and remove (Doffing) them. Review this link also. Practice, Practice, Practice! As with any plan, it is worthless unless it is communicated, tried and practiced, on a regular, periodic, scheduled basis, with everyone in the family or business. World Rediness for the Next Infectious Disease Outbreak: The December 2016 issue of The American Interest warned that "the world is likely entering the age of bioengineered viral pandemics and collapse" since bioengineering technologies make it easy to modify and release new viruses that could cause, not just a deadly pandemic, but a collapse in economic activity and loss of law and order. The threats that could trigger a "collapse" are increasing due to advances in technology that can and will be misused. Households need to have months, rather than days, of stored food and water. We're Not Ready for Another Pandemic Triggered Collapse: A Nation Unprepared World still 'grossly underprepared' for infectious disease outbreaks Outbreak Readiness and Business Impact Some facts:
An outbreak can travel from a remote village to any major city in the world in less than 36 hours.
7,000 new signals of potential outbreaks occur each month according to WHO (as of January 2019)
80% of countries that have assessed their preparedness are not ready to find, stop or prevent an epidemic
Growth of urbanization (cities) and associated high-density living, often in unhygienic conditions, promotes the spread of infectious disease.
Increases in deforestation spur new outbreaks
Growing displacement of people (refugees), driven by persecution, conflict, emergencies or civil unrest, drives large populations to new places, often in poor conditions and with increased exposure to health threats.
Climate change is leading to changes in transmission patterns of infectious disease
No medical countermeasures, or insufficient ones if they exist, are available for both unknown pathogens and the majority of the most concerning pathogens.
In the coming decades, pandemics will cause average annual economic losses of 0.7% of global GDP
The world is NOT prepared for controlling the spread of infectious disease outbreaks. Do what YOU can to stay healthy and Be Prepared! [Resource Link] Related Resources: DIY Hand Sanitizer Preparing for the Flu Season Health, First Aid, Prescriptions & Survival Medicine Is "Zombie (Rage) Virus" Possible via Rabies-Flu Hybrid? Agenda 21: United Nations Plan to Reduce the World's Population
[14-Point Emergency Preps Checklist] [Basic Emergency Kit] [Learn to be More Self-Sufficient] [The Ultimate Preparation] [5six7 Menu]
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reality-detective Ā· 7 months ago
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Dr. Meryl Nass about WHO Pandemic Treaty... Are you ready for the depopulation agenda to be implemented again? šŸ¤”
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lokiusly Ā· 1 year ago
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the next time Mobius is on screen, he will probably be bathed in green & gold lighting, have longer hair, & there will be a subtle cinematic shot (an echo, a reflection, a radio, something)letting the audience know AGAIN that Loki is there watching over him & Iā€™m not prepared & neither are youā€”
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thoughtlessarse Ā· 4 months ago
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Itā€™s been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health concern because of its potential to cause a pandemic, yet the U.S. has tested only about 45 people across the country. ā€œWeā€™re flying blind,ā€ said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health. With so few tests run, she said, itā€™s impossible to know how many farmworkers have been infected, or how serious the disease is. A lack of testing means the country might not notice if the virus begins to spread between people ā€” the gateway to another pandemic. ā€œWeā€™d like to be doing more testing. Thereā€™s no doubt about that,ā€ said Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDCā€™s bird flu test is the only one the Food and Drug AdministrationĀ has authorized for useĀ right now. Shah said the agency has distributed these tests to about 100 public health labs in states. ā€œWeā€™ve got roughly a million available now,ā€ he said, ā€œand expect 1.2 million more in the next two months.ā€ But Nuzzo and other researchers are concerned because the CDC and public health labs arenā€™t generally where doctors order tests from. That job tends to be done by major clinical laboratories run by companies and universities, which lack authorization for bird flu testing.
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It's not just the US. We know cattle in the US have been infected with H5N1. We've had this version of bird flu in Europe longer than the US, but our cattle remain virus-free?
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second-star-sunrise Ā· 3 months ago
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The funniest thing about the Pixie Hollow books is how often the characters have to navigate assumptions that they've contracted some horrible fantasy disease. Every time someone starts feeling a little tired or insecure, everyone else immediately assumes they have "fairy pox" or "fairy flu" or "fairy distemper" or some other terrible illness with pandemic potential. There are like 3 different scenes where someone is like "I hope Clarion doesn't quarantine me because she thinks I have distemper," and it's like, what horrors have you people lived through where you're viewing every bout of exhaustion through the lens of a pandemic threat
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dilf-phoenix-rights Ā· 5 months ago
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I think more people should be aware of, and talking about, the uptick in anti-mask policies being proposed/passed (or that already existed but rarely enforced until more recently) that have been popping up lately in several states.
Both because of the public health risks it sets us up for and because itā€™s being used as a way to further punish protesters. Not to mention the encroachment on our right to privacy in the ever increasing surveillance state we live in.
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flango87 Ā· 7 months ago
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Maybe itā€™s just my feed but the only place Iā€™m seeing anything about h5n1 is twitter. PAY ATTENTION TO IT!!! Prepare NOW! not when everyone starts to hear about it, not when everyone starts to care, not when the CDC finally admits itā€™s an issue (if they ever do). Prepare right now. While you have the chance. I am talking to everyone in my life about masks and precautions. I was hesitant about it before bc fear of confrontation but Iā€™m cracking down now. I am going to stock up on essentials. My list right now is non-perishable foods, masks, bottled water, first aid kits, basic medications, and other essentials I can think of. I am going to be incredibly diligent about hygiene and selective about where I go in public. This is not me trying to fear monger. I would rather be paranoid and alive than dismissive and dead. This has high potential to be so so so serious. Please treat it as such.
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savage-rhi Ā· 8 months ago
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Magggennnttaaaa!
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leafy-m Ā· 3 months ago
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So I hit my 700th edit for the WHA wiki today, because I am a totally normal person
#For the record I have been there for. 27 days.#That makes an average of 26 edits a day which is even more terrifying because I definitely was not updating every day#Also this is for the Telepedia Wiki not the Fandom one#Anyway you should check it out!#In maybe a week because the website cache is super slow for some reason when you're not logged in#But I'm having fun#The nice thing about working on a wiki where there's actually other people doing stuff#Is that they can do the boring stuff like character bios and etc while I run around doing the fun stuff like pages on animals and plants#Anyway I was working on the Eldroxen page which are the big fluffy ox from the Silver Eve Procession#And it was so funny collecting info on them from the main series and then checking Kitchen real quick and SURPRISE! THEY'RE EATING IT!#I mean I should have expected this after having watched Dungeon Meshi and yet~~~#Also funny was that I copy+pasted the page coding for one the (food) animals as a template for this giant Mole-worm beast page but#forgot to remove the line about it being for food and afterwards had a laugh and then removed it#But now I'm like. They probably WOULD eat that sucker. Giant mole worm/snake/dragon thing? That'd feed a whole town!#Qifrey could have an entire audience watching how he'd prepare and season it#Anyway if you've been wondering where I've been that's it#Also funny story: during the Covid pandemic I stayed employed when my coworkers got let go because they needed me to catalogue an entire#new set of guided reading books; and have these sets have a digital checkout instead of the old-school card catalog we were literally still#using in 2020. Anyway I went all out with the organization of the books and the boxes and even made a reference binder for the books#via subject so teachers/tutors could find specific subjects and reading levels etc#(I'd have done a digital way to search for results but honestly half the teachers couldn't figure out how to sign in to the laptop. So.)#Anyway. Only a handful of teachers actually used these books and two years later the school switched to a new reading program#that came with its own set of books and lessons so this 10k reading set was essentially unneeded (and my dear coworkers never got rehired)#Anyway I learned last week that they're clearing out that room and all of those barely-used books are getting thrown out šŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒ#Isn't that funny#Literally everything is just sandcastles built in the surf#I'm so glad I already accepted this during my pumpkin carving years because otherwise I think I'd be upset#Anyway I'm gonna go play my spooky fishing game
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remembertheplunge Ā· 9 months ago
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Aids Pandemic hits the Twin Peak's Bar
9/29/1990 Saturday
Drove to San Fransisco. Ran into Dick. He said that a mutual bar tender friend from Twin Peaks Bar now dies of Aids. His legs are paralyzed. He is in a hospital bed in the living room of his parent's house. His Mom and sister are there. And the blonde bomb shell bar tender takes AZT. 4th bar tender there to go. He will never be back. terminal.
The paper on 9/28/1990 said the 80's were nothing. We are in for an Aids pandemic 10 times what we have seen.
I said to Cliff last night that our little core of (gay) folks in Modesto waits. If the worst hits, we can train to support others. The paper says you change your (sexual) habits or you die.
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mike----wazowski Ā· 8 months ago
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i have 2 presentations tomorrow my world is collapsing like a house of cards
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canisvesperus Ā· 5 months ago
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Oh for fuckā€™s sake. Iā€™m no epidemiologist but come next flu season, this shit will be so widespread (already right now HPAI can be considered a pandemic in various nonhuman animals) that when other highly infectious viruses coinfect humans with H5N1, possible antigenic shift could allow for effective human-human spread. H5N1 has neurological symptoms and a 50% mortality rate. We do not want this virus to excel at human-human transmission. Itā€™s already in the wastewater and your food. Regardless of human transmission cases, this is already a disaster for wildlife and farmed animals. Keep your cats indoors. Do not consume raw milk or undercooked meat. Wear PPE if you are in contact with farmed animals.
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dazais-guardian-angel Ā· 8 months ago
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went to my first con in 4 years on Friday to meet Kaiji Tang and got a Dazai autograph + video recording of him reading to me. He was the sweetest person (as I knew he would be) and interacting with him was lovely, but also at the same time oh boy it sure was an extremely stressful, ugly wake-up call of what it feels like to live in a world now where everyone around you has blissfully moved on from covid and can enjoy things normally and happily, while you'll forever be trapped in a hellscape of perpetual fear šŸ« šŸ« šŸ« 
#like. to be clear this was the first time i've been literally anywhere but doctor's appointments in 4 years#not just because of the pandemic but because of mental and physical exhaustion#so it was a Big Mistake to go from 0 to 100 and not ease myself into it at all#but at the same time........ it was a fucking hellscape of people. i don't think any kind of buildup could have prepared me for it at all.#it was so much less crowded in 2020 (ironically the very last place i ever went; literally on the BRINK of covid)#and now idk what it's become. a monster con. it was unbelievable.#but i was only there for less than an hour but i was so so so terrified that i very nearly left before even seeing him#i couldn't even fully enjoy meeting him as kind as he was because i was so anxious and distracted#and when i got back to the car i just fucking cried.........#the last five days i've just been sitting in fear waiting to feel Any sort of symptoms#i wore two masks and again was barely there for long but Still#and everyone around me was so chill as if everything was normal and No One was wearing a mask :))))) it's not fucking fair man :)))))#insert the 'they don't know' meme; they don't know how much covid can destroy your body even if you get a 'mild' case#i would never want to be that ignorant even if i wasn't disabled and didn't have reason to worry (but everyone has reason to worry!!!)#but also. ignorance is bliss and it just really fucking sucks man.#it really fucking sucks. why do they get to be happy and enjoying life and not /me?/#why can't i do just ONE thing for myself without having it tainted by anxiety and fear that i'm going to die horribly???#while they get to do fucking EVERYTHING???#if they all just wore masks we could all enjoy ourselves much more comfortably than some of us are now#but no that's too much to ask from people šŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒ#shit sucks man. the world sucks. something that should be a happy memory for me was simultaneously the most awful experience#and i don't know how to feel about it now that it's over#he knew that i was afraid and at the end he told me that he hoped to see me again at another event someday#and that made me cry because it felt like dazai telling me to live. and i want to. but i don't know how to when the world is like this now.#i desperately want to be able to see him again someday but right now after how terrifying that was i never want to go to a con ever again..#i wanted to ask him things about the manga and about dazai but i was being rushed and stressed so i couldn't ugh#(and doing that is hard enough anyway cause disability and i have to talk with my phone bahhhh)#at least i was able to give him my note *sigh*
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cathymee Ā· 1 year ago
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promised myself that i'm gonna fix up my notes from last sy so i can share it with upcoming humss students but i also keep going 'but what's the point'
#there were already so many from years ago who have posted and shared theirs#except theirs weren't as detailed; just the general summary for each topic#and mine are more detailed and i'm also contemplating translating them to tagalog#like this could serve as y'know. notes they could refer to to prepare themselves for the upcoming topics they'd tackle#but also...would i be robbing them of the experience to learn things on the pace their own teachers are setting?#in my own experience i only sought notes in the first few weeks of classes to ease myself into each subs and to learn what i'd be-#getting myself into#but i had fun just anticipating the upcoming topics without knowing anything about them#idk...is this just the result of me constantly mourning the state of the educational system in terms of the garbage curriculum and the-#general unpreparedness of most youths in choosing their tracks especially after the setback that the pandemic has brought on that are still#not given attention to by this garbage administration#combine that with the study of humanities & social science being looked down/underestimated by most filipinos#no wonder they're picking the stupidest and useless politicians & public servants. no wonder they're not paying much attention to the-#credentials of people they're electing to lead the country. ngayon letche-letche HGGSGAHSHAJS#anyway so many of the humss students i know chose careers that aren't consistent with their track and it's sad to see. sayang 2 years my-#loves :')#sigh......gonna do it now anyway#brain be very scattered rn. hate that <3#catdrain#rambles#non fandom
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sawthetruthinme Ā· 2 years ago
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i cannot understand the coverage of this all being like ā€œher Real Superstar Persona was finally revealed after the pandemicā€ when they were fully together for the entirety of rep tour and lover era
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rearranging-deck-chairs Ā· 2 years ago
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learnt on radiolab this morning that coldblooded animals cant get fevers which if i had given it 5 seconds of thought i could have figured out on my own however i didnt so that throws a fucking wrench in all of my sickfic doesnt it
#it doesnt really matter though bc my timelords can still do whatever the plot needs them to do#which is exactly canon i think#thats a really fun sorta meta canon trait actually that fits#it was a very interesting episode i didnt realise how we just kidna lucked out on not being that threatened by fungi#and how climate change is changing that#MAYBE shouldnt have listened to this right after starting watching the last of us but hey what can you do#the episode is called fungus amungus if you wanna look it up#anyway so that means that means that timelrods WOULD be threatened by fungi#like where for us itĀ“s viruses for them maybe thats the main plague threat#and gallifrey is hot right? hot and not very wet. they wouldnt have a lot of funguses there#but maybe when they ventured out suddenly there was a lot on other planets and their bodies just arent prepared#i was writing like post-potd yaz/missy yesterday and thinking about how yaz sorta like when they came home in 12x10#was like maybe a month before lockdown?#they lost the doctor and came home right into a fucking pandemic and yaz lost her mind#like looking for the doctor mustve been like one controllable thing when the entire world became uncontrollable#also a way to get out of the house#shes like im just going for a walk but she just goes to that tardis#anyway but then so i was writing yaz/missy and i had yaz tell her that and missy be like what and yaz was like oh right#you werent on earth then. and then i had yaz ask like you must have seen epidemics#and like have you seen pandemics that spread from planet to planet#and then i realised theres not a lot of that in doctor who? at least not new who idk about old but#theres the girl who waited but there the epidemic or the illness is more of just like a contrivance to create like the actual story right?#about amy and rory and 11#how different would that be now#i expect we might see some epidemic stuff in doctor who in the next like 10 years#HAS there been a pandemic on earth while doctor who was on? like that it couldve been an influence on the stories?#like you can see climate change as an influence all over the last 60 years in the stories periodically#you know what i mean?#i need to watch more classic#anyway im not gonna change the fic ive already written but this is a fun opportunity to change how i write fever in timelords from now on
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