[Shop-talk] Maybe the weirest shop related question asked here.

[Miq Millman]

That's probably because in order to catch rabies from a bear bite, you 'd
have to survive the bear attack.  Survival rate from a bear attack seems to
vary, but it's not very good.  Bear attacks are pretty rare in and of
themselves (chances are about 1 in 2ish million), plus there have been less
than half a dozen cases of rabies in bears in the last 20 years.

# OF DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES PER YEAR

Cause of death ………………… # dead
Cardiovascular disease …….. 856,030
Transportation accidents ...…. 48,441
COVID-19...................................4520***
Drowning ……………………….. 3,582
Hypothermia ………………..……699
West Nile virus ……………..….. 119
Hornet/bee/wasp stings …......... 48.5
Snake bites ……………….….….. 5.2
Bear attacks ………….............….. 2


***so far

Eric, maybe just stop eating bacon in the shop, that will save you from
heart disease and keep the bears away.

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:47 PM Steven Trovato via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I realize that this is not what this exchange is really about, but it
> got me wondering about rabies in bears.  Apparently it is possible,
> but very rare.  According to humanesociety.org:  People have little
> to fear in terms of catching diseases or parasites from bears. As
> warm-blooded animals, bears can get rabies, but it is very rare.
> There are no known cases of a person catching rabies from a bear.
>
> -Steve T.
>
> At 03:14 PM 4/2/2020, Randall via Shop-talk wrote:
>
> > > I am struggling to picture the situation where a "big enough
> > > to be dangerous" wild animal comes into a noisy shop by
> > > choice.
> >
> >Ever hear of rabies ?  Just like people, wild animals aren't always
> >rational.
> >
> >-- Randall
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