Feels like people are putting a lot of faith in the fact that pandemics are rare events, often — though not always — with multiple decades between them.

Nature doesn't work on a schedule. We assume it does at our peril. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/future-pandemics-vaccines-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

It's starting to look like pasteurization inactivates #H5N1 #birdflu viruses in milk. But people who drink raw milk are playing with fire right now. https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/29/bird-flu-raw-milk-h5n1-risk-us-cattle/