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Epidemiologist Ocasio-Cortez Warns That Melting Glaciers Could Release Ancient Diseases

Joseph Curl
Epidemiologist Ocasio-Cortez Warns That Melting Glaciers Could Release Ancient Diseases
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She may have graduated cum laude in 2011 from Boston University College of Arts and Sciences with a bachelor of arts degree in international relations and economics, but Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (AOC) is also a highly qualified climatologist and, apparently, a skilled epidemiologist, too.

AOC, the lead member of “The Squad,” is shouting from the rooftops that Earth has just 12 years left before climate change destroys the planet. Her solution: Spend $93 trillion over the next decade to address farting cows (and she’ll do her part, too, saying she might just adopt one fewer child).

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