• SarcasticMan@lemmy.world
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      You probably don’t have anything to fear, I think 12 people got it in the '72 outbreak, but it can be brutal for livestock.

    • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
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      I would not underestimate this particular threat. Under a more competent administration I would at least worry slightly less. But the levels of incompetence in positions of power have me genuinely worried. This is a real threat that we have carefully managed since the Nixon administration (IIRC). If it makes its way here it will wreak havoc on livestock.

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      Oh yeah I remember that old horror movie about the killer bees. The Swarm. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.