108
submitted 3 weeks ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/news@hexbear.net
top 33 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 71 points 3 weeks ago

weren't there a bunch of US biolabs in Ukraine?

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 75 points 3 weeks ago

Now, now

That was Russian propaganda, but yes

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, yes, but to the extent that they may act as biological weapons facilities thinking-about-it it's up in the air...

[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

it's up in the air

Or airborne, if you will.

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

i think i will

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly, superbugs are already occurring in Europe, although they are rare. With the war causing a ton of additional injuries, tons more people are exposed to antibiotics, so it's fairly reasonable that this would occur.

I don't think we need secret biolabs or stuff like that to explain this, and In fairness l think it will be a major issue for any future war, just like infections were before antibiotics were discovered.

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 65 points 3 weeks ago

Epidemiologic situation in Ukraine (and to a lesser extent in other post-Soviet countries too) has been worsening since 1991.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 62 points 3 weeks ago
[-] piggy@hexbear.net 53 points 3 weeks ago

I was reaidng one of those Cool Russia blogs at one point because i was researching something and it was on epidemiology in the USSR. The article was titled something like "The USSR conquered disease, but is that the whole story?". It basically talks about soviet immunization campaigns, and then at the end complains that in the USSR the soda fountains only had 2 glass cups people shared.

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 47 points 3 weeks ago

Under communism everyone shares the same 2 unbreakable DDR glasses

[-] piggy@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

Nah it's actually a real thing, it was a real thing in the states too.

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

As long as they were washed after each use it sounds fine. They were washed after each use right?

[-] piggy@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Imagine a Coke Freestyle Machine that only serves seltzer, but instead of plastic cups you have 2 glasses. This machine is a vending machine that's just installed on the street. There is nowhere to wash the glasses.

This is an older design, but it shows the glasses well.

This is the "classic" design that's Sovietana

This is a modernized replica that you'd use with paper cups

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like on the right there's a thing to rinse the glasses, but I doubt it'd do very much. So I guess people just trusted their immune systems lol.

[-] piggy@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The example machines in the first picture are type AT-101 SM which meant they had the glass rinser which is true. The problem? No soap. So you'd often find lipstick on the glasses, not really a "wash".

But the risk of infection is minimal and nobody really got sick from them in any noticeable way, it's just icky. Drunks stole the glasses all the time tho.

Here's a museum talking about the soda machine inside of the GES-2 power plant.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Drunks stole the glasses all the time tho.

stuff

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Herpes spreads easily like that

[-] Bloobish@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

There's a bunch of glasses on the tops of the vending machines from the one picture up above, I'm honestly kinda curious in how it actually worked vs the weird western pearl clutching.

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 56 points 3 weeks ago

The racistly named Spanish Flu evolved in WW1, and it has been speculated that selective pressures due to the war caused it to increase spreadability and lower incubation times. Wonder if this is a similar thing.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 53 points 3 weeks ago

That's what I suspect, also a fun fact is that one of the first recorded cases of the Spanish flu appeared at Fort Riley in Kansas.

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 55 points 3 weeks ago

The only reason why t'was called the "Spanish flu" in the first place, was because as a neutral nation in WW1, it had no reason to hide the news during wartime, but their national coverage ultimately associated them as the influenza place of origin.

[-] Tessellecta@feddit.nl 20 points 3 weeks ago

Since they are antibiotic resistant bacteria, I have the suspicion that this is related to an increased use in antibiotics due to war injuries. Probably made worse by shortages that make people unable to finish the full regime all the time.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 43 points 3 weeks ago

Ah fuck, I thought the US would get the bird flu first

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 48 points 3 weeks ago

The news bingo does specify two new plagues...

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 43 points 3 weeks ago

This war births a new horror every other month

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago

Fallout Timeline Achievment Unlocked: New Plague Discovered

[-] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

oh, not actual bugs.

[-] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago

I liked this better when it was a king gizzard song

[-] Lawn_and_disorder@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Just applied for a position to Antarctica. Seems like good timing , deployment in October so please hold of a while on the double pandemic

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

I knew someone who didn't wind up going because their partner failed the fitness test (this was back in like... 2009)

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Something biolabs genetic engineering......

[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Can we keep this stuff in c/doomer, there's nothing I can do about it and it's just increasing my already skyrocketed anxiety

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago

noted for future posts

this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
108 points (99.1% liked)

news

23804 readers
194 users here now

Welcome to c/news! Please read the Hexbear Code of Conduct and remember... we're all comrades here.

Rules:

-- PLEASE KEEP POST TITLES INFORMATIVE --

-- Overly editorialized titles, particularly if they link to opinion pieces, may get your post removed. --

-- All posts must include a link to their source. Screenshots are fine IF you include the link in the post body. --

-- If you are citing a twitter post as news please include not just the twitter.com in your links but also nitter.net (or another Nitter instance). There is also a Firefox extension that can redirect Twitter links to a Nitter instance: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/ or archive them as you would any other reactionary source using e.g. https://archive.today . Twitter screenshots still need to be sourced or they will be removed --

-- Mass tagging comm moderators across multiple posts like a broken markov chain bot will result in a comm ban--

-- Repeated consecutive posting of reactionary sources, fake news, misleading / outdated news, false alarms over ghoul deaths, and/or shitposts will result in a comm ban.--

-- Neglecting to use content warnings or NSFW when dealing with disturbing content will be removed until in compliance. Users who are consecutively reported due to failing to use content warnings or NSFW tags when commenting on or posting disturbing content will result in the user being banned. --

-- Using April 1st as an excuse to post fake headlines, like the resurrection of Kissinger while he is still fortunately dead, will result in the poster being thrown in the gamer gulag and be sentenced to play and beat trashy mobile games like 'Raid: Shadow Legends' in order to be rehabilitated back into general society. --

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS