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measles are bad, but it's not going to kill thousands of americans this winter the way flu will...

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Oct 14 '14, 17:11

this is mostly standard people-don't-know-how-to-quantify-risk stuff. the day-to-day threat of flu gets kicked to the side even though the mortality associated with it is well documented and fairly common. but people keep themselves up at night wringing their hands over a rare tropical pathogen whose path they are unlikely to ever cross...

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you're all right. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 14, 18:29
even in west africa ebola is killing fewer people than lassa fever. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 17:53 3
- I wonder why ebola is more of a strain on the healthcare systems there. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 18:16 2
  - To be more specific: Untreated, it kill far fewer people, and it's treatable with antivirals. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 14, 18:31
  - it's untreatable. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 14, 18:29
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Look, I've got all the Western Privilege and I'll be damned if I'll lose to some African disease... -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 17:21
"Don't kid yourself Jimmy, if a cow ever got the chance he'd eat you and everyone you cared about!" - Beaker Oct 14, 17:14

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