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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The USA is simultaneously broadcasting to militaries around the world that America is going to ignore the Geneva convention/greenlight warcrimes, and they're dismantling the infrastructure that would've been used to defend themselves against biological weapons.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What does the Geneva convention say about war crimes committed against a nation that also commits war crimes?

[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online 14 points 1 day ago

Article 7, Section 2: "I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you".

They get recorded as being super polite citizenry.

Source: check out Canada's and Poland's public record.

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[–] ghosthacked@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This would be the perfect time to release a last of us fungus or zombie virus stockpiles

[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or bovine ebola, to devastate the USA's beef supply. I imagine that an America that suddenly has no burgers would sober up fairly quick. The massive super farms / agriculture concentration areas make it an easy target.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

No burgers?! But how will they measure things?

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

In decifootballfields.