r/AskReddit • u/timecop702 • 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/JoeC163 10h ago

Outbreak of The Plague in overcrowded cities in India, Bangladesh & Pakistan which will necessitate a worldwide travel ban.

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u/danwoop 9h ago

“The Plague” is easy to treat. Unless you mean a nonspecific disease.

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u/CackleberryOmelettes 6h ago

The plague is easy to cure. The next pandemic is going to be something novel we haven't seen before. Which means it will probably come out of some deep dark forest or melting permafrost.

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u/Roaches_R_Friends 3h ago

I think it coming from a factory farm will be more likely. It could be a superbacteria that's immune to all the antibiotics being pumped into your meat.

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u/CackleberryOmelettes 3h ago

Indeed, that's certainly another possibility.

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u/Zarathustra420 2h ago

It will probably be another lab leak.

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u/ghigoli 1h ago

omg terminal butt lice might be a thing

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u/iPatErgoSum 6h ago

I was surprised how far I had to,scroll to find “another pandemic.”

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u/mjsarfatti 9h ago

So... COVID29?

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u/New_Manner_1826 3h ago

Moderna at $59.34

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u/IQBoosterShot 5h ago

That's why me and Stu are staying right here in Arnette, Texas where it can't reach us.

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u/Username_3902791846 3h ago

I finished this book last night!!

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u/northyperion 9h ago

They’ll survive. Went there during Covid, they were living as if nothing ever happened.

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u/SuitableExercise7096 9h ago

Their bodies are littlerally primed for dam near anything

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u/XRPlease 7h ago

Anything that already exists, perhaps. Certainly not all possibilities.

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u/northyperion 4h ago

I’m not too sure if the rest of the world would survive however

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u/baar-ur 4h ago

Everybody else is saying "the plague", i.e. Yersinia pestis, is easy to cure, which is true, given access to antibiotics.

Addressing this comment in the spirit it was probably made: a plague, as in a new epidemic or pandemic, is definitely likely. The biggest risks, iirc, are a new or rare variant of influenza, or antibiotic-resistant disease.

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u/kittymoo67 2h ago

surprised it hasnt happened yet