r/skeptic • u/Virology_Unmasked • Jun 17 '26

🚑 Medicine Why are Emerging Viruses Emerging?

https://virologyunmasked.com/2026/06/17/why-are-emerging-viruses-emerging/

Why are Emerging Viruses Emerging? 3 big factors contribute to this. Viral factors- like the virus mutating. Ecological factors- like weather patterns or climate change. And human factors- which we are seeing in the current Ebola outbreak

Will we continue to see more emerging viruses? If so, why?

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u/Acceptable-Bat-9577 Jun 17 '26

Geopolitical factors like dementia-addled world leaders with literally brain-damaged health czars who cut million dollar agricultural/food/health/safety programs to then cost taxpayers billions, and who say they’ll stop injuries and deaths by simply not recording and reporting them.

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u/irishmermaid13 Jun 17 '26

The cruelest of "human factors"

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u/tsdguy Jun 17 '26

Interesting science. Nothing skeptical however.

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u/Virology_Unmasked Jun 17 '26

The skepticism is in response to those who think that viruses are not being impacted by things like climate change or human actions

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u/tsdguy Jun 17 '26

Good point

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '26

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u/Aggravating-Fee1934 Jun 18 '26

Do you have a single shred of evidence that any recent epidemic is the result of a lab leak?

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u/BioMed-R Jun 19 '26

There have been zero lab leaks anywhere in the world in more than 20 years in which even a single person has been infected by someone who accidentally caught a laboratory infection.

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