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[–] Remember_the_tooth 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I still feel like vampire bats might be a threat. Also, we don't know what reservoirs harbor vampirism. Perhaps sparrows are carriers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how would sparrows transfer vampirism without teeth?

[–] Remember_the_tooth 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They wouldn't directly. They'd have to be bitten by something else that acquires vampirism from them and transfers it to another host, like malaria.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Remember_the_tooth 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think that's how reservoirs work, but I'm not a public health expert.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_reservoir

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

imagine having to explain at the vampires anonymous meeting that you got it by cleaning out your bird feeder.

[–] Remember_the_tooth 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think you'd have to at least have an open wound and come into contact with fresh blood since it's a bloodborn pathogen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

...do we know that? maybe vampires just have really bad dental hygiene

[–] Remember_the_tooth 1 points 7 hours ago

I think vampirism being a bloodborn pathogen is the consensus.