We humans are victims of our own success. Vaccines work so good at eradicating diseases that people havenât 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 arenât scared enough of diseases.
ngdev@lemmy.zip â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠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 â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Checking back in.
Rabies sufferers die from encephalopathic hemorrhaging way before dehydration. So I guess Iâm not remembering the timeline accurately.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Itâs a nervous infection, ascending paralysis until coma and death. Aversion to water is the least of the problems.
ngdev@lemmy.zip â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
oooooo okay neat. rabies is fucking wild
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
and it cannot be treated if it takes infection.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today â¨4⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Eh, maybe. But it served its purpose and scared the shit out of me. Iâm curious if rabies sufferers will dehydrate themselves to the point of death. Another wiki hole, here I come!