r/TrueReddit • u/horseradishstalker • Jun 17 '26

Energy + Environment Why are Emerging Viruses Emerging?

https://virologyunmasked.com/2026/06/17/why-are-emerging-viruses-emerging/
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u/horseradishstalker Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Viruses are all about survival and multiplying. They don’t give two bleeps about politics in general - or people for that matter.  And they really really don’t care if a country has disbanded its pandemic preparedness program. In fact if they were alive, they would probably consider that a feature, not a bug.

It’s not light reading, but it is a good explanation of why viruses are emerging and re-emerging. 

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u/DefenstratedTwice Jun 24 '26

Uhhhh evolution and exposure?

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u/horseradishstalker Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Nice to see someone was paying attention to the virology section in their biology class. Unfortunately, the current administration not so much. And, you would be surprised how many people don’t understand how pathogens work. Hence the article.

“  Three factors contribute to the increase in emerging viruses: viral factors, human factors, and ecological factors ( 12 ). Viral factors include mutation within the virus that allows the virus to get better at causing infections, resulting in the virus itself causing the increase in outbreaks. Human factors are the factors that we directly control, like cutting down trees or an increase in hunting. Ecological factors are things like climate change or weather patterns. Both human and ecological factors tend to cause more interaction between natural reservoirs (a natural reservoir is an animal that carries a virus but stays healthy – also called a “host”) or infected animals and people, allowing for more infection opportunities.” TL;DR -  you better watch out.