Asian giant murder hornets – here in the PNW a while back, it sounded like we were all going to die, but then the story vanished from the “news”: Google News – Asian giant hornet – Latest
At one point not long ago, monkeypox was going to sweep the nation – one of the Twitter social media epidemiologists suggested everyone in the country might have monkeypox within months but now: At 3 Cases In 6 Months, Monkeypox In The US Is Effectively Contained | Science 2.0 (science20.com)
Bee colony collapse disorder: The number of bee colonies has reached an all-time high | Fortune and Google News – Search
The vanishing Great Barrier Reef:
This year we have new [media] threats:
- Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs heading to New York area as they spread across East Coast, experts say – CBS News – but in the very last line “We have no evidence that they’ve done any damage to a person or a pet”.
- Influenza Type A (H5N1 or H5N2). The rate seems to about the same as it has been for 20 years, no documented cases have been found of the disease spreading from person to person, and the 3 dairy workers in the U.S. that got H5N1 had eye infections – possibly due to raw milk droplets entering their eyes. The death in Mexico with H5N2 was someone reportedly with advanced kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, and possibly other health problems.
- “Hypersexual zombie cicadas” to ravage the country in 2024: Google News – Search
- How the Paris Olympics could become a super-spreader event for dengue | CNN
And: Hiltzik: The return of an anti-vax claim about the COVID vaccines – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) – says the storyteller who wished for the unvaccinated to die: Mocking anti-vaxxers’ deaths is ghoulish, yes — but necessary – Newsday. Hiltzik was fired from the LA Times for 3 years before they rehired him – why, is unknown.
