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

[J.C. Hassall]

Interesting statistics.  What are the death stats of being shot by some
woman's irate husband?

</humor attempt>

jim

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:45 PM Miq Millman via Shop-talk <
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> 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 <
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>> 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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