As if there isn't enough to worry about these days.
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Eh, no desire to go to those third world shitholes anyway. Yes, that includes Louisiana.
Posted by: Casca at January 23, 2007 08:09 AM (Y7t14)
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I used to worry about the Killer Bees when I was a kid. Now they're in our county and life is still the same. I'm not going to mention this to our 16-year-old daughter, who recently overcame her fear of the Chupacabra.
Posted by: Joules at January 23, 2007 10:22 AM (u4CYb)
Posted by: annika at January 23, 2007 11:39 AM (zAOEU)
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Yes, that includes Louisiana."
LMAO, even though that's MY third world shithole you're talking about.
Posted by: reagan80 at January 23, 2007 11:54 AM (qjCPY)
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"Some experts estimate the number of people in Latin American countries who have this disease to be 25%. About 25% of these will suffer heart damage. So .o6% of the population suffers heart damage from this one bug."
Eh. Dude. 25% of 25% is not .06%. It's roughly 6%. The guy apparently isn't a math professor.
Six cases ever reported in the U.S. I'll hold off on panicking. Like Joules, I used to worry about killer bees. Used to worry about fire ants, too. Then I lived in places where they're endemic. No big danger except to kids. Gasoline (plus a match) deals with fire ant mounds nicely. They also make reasonably effective poisons, but it's more gratifying -- and more effective, I think -- to burn the little fuckers out.
Posted by: Matt at January 23, 2007 01:07 PM (10G2T)
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Check out the CDC page on the virus.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/chagasdisease/factsht_chagas_disease.htm
While the condition doesn't sound pleasant, the CDC information is much less alarmist.
Posted by: The Maximum Leader at January 23, 2007 01:42 PM (iJhG9)
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You think that's bad? THIS shit is scary:
Nasty Shit! Long article, but the last page is the best.
Posted by: Casca at January 23, 2007 03:49 PM (2gORp)
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Eh. Dude. 25% of 25% is not .06%. It's roughly 6%. The guy apparently isn't a math professor.
Eh. Dude! It seems you aren't a math professor either. Both notations can be correct.
Posted by: Math Prof. at January 23, 2007 08:51 PM (7spUy)
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I have to agree with Matt. .06% is not the same as 6%, although I see where the mistake was made. .06% is six hundredths of one percent.
Posted by: annika at January 23, 2007 08:56 PM (1EshY)
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Actually 25% of 25% is exactly 6.25%. Sorry to be a math geek about it...
(.25X.25=.0625 or 6.25%)
Posted by: Billy at January 23, 2007 11:04 PM (SLFj+)
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Your baiting technique sucks, 88.
Posted by: reagan80 at January 24, 2007 08:48 AM (qjCPY)
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Whoa Nellie! Thanks Annie, my pals and I were planning a trip to South America for fishing. No way Jose now!
I'm thinking Iceland might work. You know anything bad that ever happened to folks in Iceland? Let me know.
Over and out,
X
Posted by: Major X at January 24, 2007 09:18 PM (N155d)
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Scandinavia is always a good vacation choice!
Posted by: annika at January 26, 2007 02:02 AM (1EshY)
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