This is fine o_O

Deadly diseases are ‘waking up’ from the melting ice https://t.co/QoYJz2S2fS pic.twitter.com/UcUNfUYARN

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) May 6, 2017

As the Earth warms, more permafrost will melt. Under normal circumstances, superficial permafrost layers about 50cm deep melt every summer. But now global warming is gradually exposing older permafrost layers.

Frozen permafrost soil is the perfect place for bacteria to remain alive for very long periods of time, perhaps as long as a million years. That means melting ice could potentially open a Pandora’s box of diseases.

_{…and what perfect timing for the whole take-away-people’s-healthcare debate -_-}