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Has anyone died from the Kansas outbreak? Are you scaremongering? I checked the TB mortality in the US and it was 2 per 1,000,000 cases
by hammock 2y ago
Has anyone died from the Kansas outbreak? Are you scaremongering? I checked the TB mortality in the US and it was 2 per 1,000,000 cases
- btilly 2y agoI presume that the chickens are being killed due to fear of bird flu.
- cozzyd 2y agoNow, now, sick people have smaller appetites and don't eat as many eggs.
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- AlotOfReading 2y agoMortality is taken over the population as a whole. You want the case fatality rate (probability of death if you're infected), which in the US is 7-9%. Globally, some countries have TB case rates >30%. TB is a very ancient, very scary disease that's co-evolved with us. It's not much of an exaggeration to say that large parts of modern medicine were invented specifically to get a handle on TB because it has historically ravaged entire populations when left untreated.
- Enginerrrd 2y agoNo you're missing the subtext entirely. They're making a joke and it's about bird flu not TB.