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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

had to dig in the article for the means of transmission between dogs and humans, and could only find it from an article linked inside there that mentions "The disease can spread to humans through canine reproductive fluids, but they can be treated with a long, strong course of antibiotics."

The article here also mentions "two people caught it this year from dogs"
...oh. oh dear

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

reading further, after the knee-jerk:

  • "Of the two cases so far this year, one was in a person who tested positive after being admitted to hospital and the other was an asymptomatic staff member of a veterinary practice."
  • "Only one named individual has previously tested positive – Wendy Hayes, of Stoke, who caught it from a pregnant foster dog she took in from Belarus last year."

half of my loss of faith in humanity from this is restored

[–] electrogamerman 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is reproductive liquid what I think it is? You know what, I want to live my life without knowing this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So really the only people at risk from this are breeders. Good. Fuck dog breeders.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is what leaving the EU does to a country.

Think the next time you’re voting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I agree that brexit is awful and was a terrible idea, but i have no idea how not being in the eu affects this

[–] MrWafflesNBacon 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What does any of this do with the UK leaving the EU?

[–] TheGrandNagus 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sir, this is the internet. Any time the UK is mentioned, Brexit MUST be brought up. And 100% of bad things that happen in the UK are due to Brexit.

[–] Noodle07 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly, the scorching heat we had this summer? Believe or not it's brexit

[–] gmtom 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Aux 0 points 1 year ago

EVERYTHING!

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot -1 points 1 year ago

A lot, it seems

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I saw this movie. Children of Men

[–] YoBuckStopsHere 2 points 1 year ago

Yes but Brucella canis just is a flu to human.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Sanity_in_Moderation 4 points 1 year ago

I saw this movie. The Plague Dogs. Great movie that I definitely will only watch once.

By the author of Watership Down. That ending...

[–] avater 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I know now why I'm a cat person

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] avater 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

yes sir! when I wanna be killed than it's because of a freaking parasite and the reason I'm attracted to the piss of my cat!

which very well could be a reason our ancestors where killed by bigger cats back in the old days, because that parasite altered their brain in some ways so they felt attracted to the smell of the cats just like mice nowadays do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least "crazy cat person" has an excuse. When I want to run naked through the woods with the pack, it's just because I'm weird... apparently.

[–] FuglyDuck 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Running through the woods naked… is… weird?

Is that why people always give me strange looks?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The weirdest thing about it is how you keep calling the Walmart parking lot "the woods".

[–] FuglyDuck 0 points 1 year ago

Not that Weird “the Woods” is the name of the strip mall