A little perspective is always a good thing
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I have a hard time believing there are 162+/- dying from rabies every day.
That seems like a very high number on my opinion.
That seems like a very high number on my opinion.
Well today I learned that malaria and yellow fever are not the same thing. For whatever reason, I always thought they were.
Also I'm pretty sure most of the "coronavirus deaths" are actually "pneumonia from coronavirus". That's how it usually goes.
Also I'm pretty sure most of the "coronavirus deaths" are actually "pneumonia from coronavirus". That's how it usually goes.
Italy had 336 die in 24 hrs. So obviously those numbers are not real.
Italy has a relatively old population. So just plain deaths per day dont tell the whole story.
Italy has a relatively old population. So just plain deaths per day dont tell the whole story.
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According to one study I found, the number was (at the time) 55,000 deaths per year. Rabies has a near-100% death rate for human infection.
But every day? No, it's just taking deaths divided by 365.
Couple of quick CDC searches say that's a good number.. most deaths in Africa and Asia.
Im not sure people can easily visualize 7.5 billion anything...let alone 7.5 billion people.
Its a shit ton!
Its a shit ton!
We're talking about people who eat bats. I'm surprised it's not way higher.
So true. If anyone thinks that life outside the USA is the same as life in the USA needs to visit a 3rd world shit hole. Of which about 2/3rds the world still is.
The hospital district of Mexico City is as close to 3rd world as I ever want to go. And, i've had the "pleasure" of that once. Nope, nope, nope. I'll keep my ass here in the good ol' USA. Thank you very much.
I was thinking about that earlier today. Conversation goes kind of like this.
How did he die?
Car.
Was he in a multi-car pileup automobile accident while driving to work?
Yes, car.
Was he hit by an automobile while walking on the side of the road?
Yes, car
Was he working on his car in an enclosed garage with the engine running and died from carbon monoxide?
Yes, car.
Was his automobile hit by a train while crossing the railroad tracks?
Yes, car.
Was his blood alcohol level over the legal limit and he ran off the road and hit a tree?
Yes, car.
OK . . . . so he died from a car?
That is what I am trying to tell you. He died from a car.
This is a website I have been watching.
www.worldometers.info
COVID Live Update: 141,078,296 Cases and 3,018,082 Deaths from the Coronavirus - Worldometer
Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...
www.worldometers.info
Still not that surprising. Flu season lasts an average of 13 weeks per year. The 2018-2019 flu killed ~35,000 in the US. 2017-2018 was over 60,000. The average person doesn't even give the common flu a 2nd thought but it actually kills 300-400 people per day.
Interesting. I would have guessed rats as a prime carrier. Haven't been there myself but all of my colleagues who travel there say its nasty as hell.
Apparently there's 5 or 6 people in the entire world that have survived full blown rabies.
It's a scary disease.
One word...
INDIA...
Highest cases of rabies in the world. 80% of the victims are young children. Almost 100% of the annual caseload is caused by the canine strain of rabies. Wild and stray dogs run so rampant across the land that Indian Railways locomotives almost all run their routes with the hood ends facing forward, rather than the cab end as in standard operations, so the risk of striking a dog at high speed and having the dog crashing through the front windshield and injuring or killing the train operator is minimized. Despite mass government education efforts to provide rabies post-exposure information and vaccination to the population, much of the suburban and rural dwellers are either extremely suspicious of the government, ignorant, or superstitious. Over 53,000 Indians die every year from rabies as a result.
This shows just how much of a danger roaming animals are all across India...
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It would be interesting to watch this Covid 19 climb up on that list as compared to others.
It's already more than 56
Coronavirus Cases:
198,178
view by country
Deaths:
7,965
It's already more than 56
Coronavirus Cases:
198,178
view by country
Deaths:
7,965
As an interesting aside opossums are naturally resistant to rabies. If you can't tell I have several Veterinarian friends, and my sister manages a large county animal shelter.
