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> a simple cut that today we would not even think twice about could prove fatal from infection maybe .. most mammals do not get infections from an ordinary cut
by mistrial9 1y ago
> a simple cut that today we would not even think twice about could prove fatal from infection
maybe .. most mammals do not get infections from an ordinary cut.. it is humans that are uniquely weak that way
source: retired medical surgeon
- IAmBroom 1y agoExpert fallacy. Nothing in your career particularly informed you of non-human mammal infection rates, unless you moonlighted as a veterinarian.
- thesuitonym 1y agoThat's why I said `could', instead of `would'.
- ainiriand 1y agoMy cat almost died from an infected wound from the bite of another cat, so maybe it depends on the wound.