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I read a news story about a guy who died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant. Although nobody was aware when he died, the donor of the kidney had contracted rabies after being scratched by a skunk several weeks before he died and his organs were harvested.

I got curious about how the donor got scratched by the skunk, but instead only found this article from August, which informed me that the U.S. has a rabies outbreak, and has more deaths from rabies in the last year than several previous years...

Not sure if people were already talking about this outbreak, and I just missed it? It's been a bit of a weird year, and there's been a lot of crazy shit to keep up with.

Anyway, this is also how I ended up reading the sentence informing me some people are worried dogs are getting autism from vaccines.

Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows

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[–] FranciscoLopez@lemmy.world 85 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Wild that rabies doesn’t scare people, but imaginary dog autism does.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 36 points 3 days ago (6 children)

We humans are victims of our own success. Vaccines work so good at eradicating diseases that people haven't been exposed to the horrors that we used to. My family has a story about someone loosely related who contracted rabies and was chained to a tree until they died a few weeks later. This was no more than a generation before me!

People really aren't scared enough of diseases.

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

People are far more scared of inconvenience than death.

Most people would rather put their pet down than have to care for them in some new way that requires money and attention, and this is what people who don't understand autism think it is, like they will have to strap their dogs into a special chair and spoon-feed them.

Same with people. Most ignorant anti-vaxxers are far more terrified of being locked into caring for a disabled child than having a child die from a "natural" disease. And while they don't consciously think this way, some layer of their brain has indeed weighed this out and formed their opinions.

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[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Rabies is in my top three fears, maybe even number one. Just an absolutely awful way to go, scared, in pain, can't drink water. I love water.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Rabies is in my top three fears, maybe even number one.

Same. I went on a road trip one summer a few years ago, and we decided to take a long detour through the Appalachian trail for part of the drive. We had all the windows down and the sunroof open, just enjoying the cool fresh air bc it was too disgustingly hot everywhere else outside of the mountains to roll them down. Anyway, we were going down this really narrow back road, seeing like 1 or 2 other cars every 45 mins to an hour, and eventually got to a point where we had to drive through a really old narrow tunnel like this one:

My first thought was, what if a bat flies in the car lmao. I demanded we roll up all the windows and shut the sunroof before we went through, and my husband made fun of me and said I was being ridiculous. I probably was, but there's way too many documented cases of people who were out in the wilderness, got a tiny bat scratch, didn't even realize it or think twice about it, then weeks or months later died a slow horrible death because of rabies. Even if you spend your last days in a hospital there's nothing they can really do by the time you're showing symptom except try to make you comfortable (which is probably impossible unless they just place you into a medically induced coma).

I also worked with a girl that grew up in Vietnam and said there were multiple times she got bit by stray dogs, and had to get rabies shots when she was a kid. I grew up in the sticks always playing with stray cats and dogs, but never thought twice about it back then. Definitely wouldn't be taking that risk now.

Anyway, tldr, some people seem to be under the impression a fear of encountering rabies is like a fear of someday encountering quicksand. I'll take my chances being ridiculous and overly safe to avoid it. Especially after reading the article and learning we've now got a fucking rabies outbreak to worry about on top of everything else going on in the U.S.

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[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 61 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Because of vaccinations, my dog has a pretty low IQ. She can't even do simple arithmetic, she's non verbal, and cannot maintain eye contact. So sad.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My dog is licking his butt on a regular basis. I blame vaccines.

Mine eats cat shit. Must've been the Tylenol I took during adoption.

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[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 148 points 3 days ago (2 children)

37 percent of Americans are irredeemably stupid. I see that number over and over for the stupidest shit.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I was just going to say that. I think in every country 36 or 37% will just believe random crazy shit and/or be fucking with the poll taker.

It sounds like a lot, but aren't IQ scores based on averages or means? That's about right then on stupid.

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[–] Humana@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My dog is afraid of trains which is occasionally inconvenient for traveling somewhere far as we live car free.

If I had just paired his vaccines with Tylenol he would have instead been able to identify the year and model of every locamotive πŸš‚ and seek them out like he does now with french fries. 🍟

[–] guy@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

The issue is that he can identify the year and model of every locomotive because of the vaccine induced autism, and this terrifies him because he is a dog and shouldn't be able to.

[–] olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Today I learned that 37% of Americans are barely functional morons.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Compare this percentage with how many are MAGA and you start to see a distinct pattern.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"There was supposed to be a Venn diagram but all I see is one circle"

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 12 points 3 days ago

Low ball estimate for sure

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago

that tracks with election results and presidential approval ratings

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 56 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is beyond stupid. Not least of which is because all dogs are already basicslly austistic toddlers when they're perfectly healthy.

And it's what makes them so fucking awesome.

No judgment. No bullshit. Just our best friend, here for a good time, but unfortunately not a long time. We could learn a lot from them.

[–] guy@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do these people understand that rabies is 100% fatal?

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

erm akchually 99.9999% fatal

Jeanna Giese survived without the vaccine due to an experimental treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#After_onset

Note that that treatment has failed at all other times than this one

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can we call it now? The usa is not a real nation that should be taken seriously.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We crossed that line well over a decade ago.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Autistic dogs? You mean they will be more obsessed with catching that squirrel than normal?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

No but they will have an entirely squirrel themed Magic deck.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why stop at having your children die of preventable diseases when you can also have your pets die from preventable diseases?

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

While possibly killing you as well mind you.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Even if that's true.

Autism

Or

Rabies

What the actual fuck?

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Genuinely what the fuck do they think a dog being autistic would look like

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I had a cat that was clearly autistic.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I think that might be the default mode for cats.

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[–] False@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Have these people ever interacted with dogs? I'm pretty sure autism is their baseline.

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[–] Zenjal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait, so should one not been feeding dogs Tylenol this whole time, trying to make super dogs? Asking for a friend...

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

People that dumb should have neither dogs nor kids.

[–] automaton@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (9 children)
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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

studies like these show Americans have a truly representative government now

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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Just in case anybody didn't read the article and doesn't already know: Wild animals infected with rabies aren't just the stereotypical raging aggressive terror beasts you see in the media, they can also be super friendly and usually docile.

Obviously the best advice is just to leave wild animals alone and keep your distance. However, if you see a feral or wild animal behaving in an uncharacteristic way, added caution is needed. This includes things like seeing traditionally nocturnal animals like skunks and raccoons out and about during the daytime or having them be unusually friendly / fearless / docile to the point where they don't retreat and may even come up to investigate you. It doesn't mean that they are infected with rabies, but that's definitely a potential symptom of rabies (but can also be a sign of other infectious diseases that should activate your spidey senses).

You are not a Disney princess and ~~Cinderella~~ Snow White is not a realistic presentation of how healthy wild animals act.

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[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 23 points 3 days ago

As with any statistic, 25-35% of people are completely brain dead or horrible people.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

The brainworm won. And while Im not a fan of eugenics... I think america needs to do the rest of the world a solid and sterilize that 37% to protect the human race.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 19 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I just want to know what they put in the water in America to make everyone fight eachother... Who cares about autism in that context... :)

Even though i know its about capitalism and people are probably stressed to death trying to survive in that shitty country.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Facebook.

It’s Facebook in the water.


Also, watch a Fox News broadcast for a bit. Then you will understand.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Why is my country so stupid?

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[–] olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

develop autism

And that's where you stop reading

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