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2026-05-07 16:53:14 UTC

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 on Nostr: Most outbreaks turn out not to pose wider risks. The issue is that public health ...

Most outbreaks turn out not to pose wider risks. The issue is that public health messaging *always* declares low risk right away, which is true until it isn't. We don't know everything about viruses. Viruses evolve. New ones emerge via zoonoses. *Assuming* low risk can be disastrously wrong.
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