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.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 month ago
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.
ngdev@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
im calling bullshit on whoever told you that. im pretty sure ive heard that same story. also, rabies causes fear of water so theyd likely die of dehydration way sooner
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Checking back in.
Rabies sufferers die from encephalopathic hemorrhaging way before dehydration. So I guess I’m not remembering the timeline accurately.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
It’s a nervous infection, ascending paralysis until coma and death. Aversion to water is the least of the problems.
ngdev@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
oooooo okay neat. rabies is fucking wild
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Eh, maybe. But it served its purpose and scared the shit out of me. I’m curious if rabies sufferers will dehydrate themselves to the point of death. Another wiki hole, here I come!