Submitted by AugustWolf22 t3_yfslmd in news
TooDamnPretty t1_iu66e52 wrote
Reply to comment by Lukeds in Zombie pigeons in the UK: Mystery bird illness turns living birds into zombies by AugustWolf22
"infected birds" would be a better word choice. Surviving implies recovery, which doesn't match with a 100% fatality rate.
PuellaBona t1_iu7ptnl wrote
The article was wrong. Some birds do survive. No pathogen kills 100% of its hosts. It wouldn't survive.
imnota4 t1_iu82qwe wrote
That's not true at all, rabies is a perfect example of a pathogen with a 100% kill rate. It eats away at the nerves and brain of anything it infects.
PuellaBona t1_iu8927s wrote
No pathogen has a 100% kill rate
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/human_rabies.html
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