Chance in a million
Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman
SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.
prex@aussie.zone 2 months ago
SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Well, the woman was quarantined outside the environment.
HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Treating bat bites as serious in areas with lyssavirus, which is incurable once it starts showing symptoms, is very typical. Transmission to humans is uncommon but ruling it out is literally deadly serious.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Incurable once you’re symptomatic, and, to be totally clear for anyone not aware, invariably fatal. It’s a horrible death, too. Also, the incubation period can be anywhere from a few weeks to two years.
The ABC article could have benefited from making that clearer. It calls the virus ‘deadly’, but doesn’t impress upon the reader just how deadly.
SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Well, how was it un-typical?
SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Well, there are a lot of these flying mammals going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that bats aren’t safe.
HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Take a glance at the honorable Senator’s comment history. That comment word for word shows up fairly often… Maybe they can explain why @SenatorCollins
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s a reference to this comedy sketch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
And dockedatthewrongworf was playing along with the next line in the sketch.
dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oh I know! It’s the first line from the Clarke and Dawe skit “The Front Fell Off”.
I was just saying the next line!