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The U.S. is unprepared for the growing threat of mosquito- and tick-borne viruses (www.npr.org)
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Researchers at the workshop said countries like the U.S. can expect more tropical diseases to come – and should be preparing for them. Global warming is expanding the range of some tropical insects and diseases.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ll take “problems we will continue to ignore until they become catastrophic” for 200, Alex.

[–] a_mac_and_con@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

For real. The headline could have said "The U.S. is unprepared" and covered the same concepts.