Post by @violetblue@mastodon.social

2026-07-17 00:13 UTC

Ten months ago the US ended 28 years of cyclosporiasis testing; this week the largest cyclo outbreak in US history passed 5,000 cases. DRC's Ebola outbreak is now officially the fastest-growing outbreak in history. H5N1 killed another 1.2M hens in Utah. Covid is starting to surge *again* in the US. New Roundup: https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/pandemic-roundup-163958948

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-07-17 04:19

@violetblue@mastodon.social Psychotic billionaires only foster the best pandemics & outbreaks of contagious disease. "The DOGE Diseases" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/doge-silicosis-prevention/682745/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/diseases-doge-trump/681964/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/07/15/how-much-did-cdc-cuts-really-impact-this-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/ https://fortune.com/2026/07/06/doge-cuts-usaid-humanitarian-aid-ebola-outbreak-congo/ https://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/usda-lost-20-000-workers-175712498.html https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5297913/cdc-layoffs-hhs-trump-doge https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/elon-musk-ebola-prevention-usaid-doge/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/cdc-disease-detectors-fired-trump-administration-agency-cuts-doge-rcna192420

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@FrutigerAero00@mastodon.social 2026-07-17 06:35

@violetblue@mastodon.social A pandemic to control voting? Hmmm

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@fluffy@plush.city 2026-07-17 07:28

@violetblue@mastodon.social sounds like the "no public healthcare" plan is working, just not in the way they intended or maybe exactly in the way they intended

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