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Alex Levine
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Egypt reacted to swine flu by culling (extremely inhumanely, and without a documented case) the country’s 300,000 pigs, owned by the Coptic minority, considerably worsening interfaith relations.
— Aug 13, 2026 10:43AM
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Alex Levine
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Just before the opening of the Channel Tunnel, 2/5 of those who opposed the project did so because of worries it would facilitate the spread of rabies (since 1902 eradicated in Britain) from the continent.
— Aug 13, 2026 10:24AM
Alex Levine
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Good quip, the 20th century as the “zoonotic century”.
— Aug 12, 2026 11:39PM