I read a news story about a guy who died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant. Although nobody was aware when he died, the donor of the kidney had contracted rabies after being scratched by a skunk several weeks before he died and his organs were harvested.

I got curious about how the donor got scratched by the skunk, but instead only found this article from August, which informed me that the U.S. has a rabies outbreak, and has more deaths from rabies in the last year than several previous years…

Not sure if people were already talking about this outbreak, and I just missed it? It’s been a bit of a weird year, and there’s been a lot of crazy shit to keep up with.

Anyway, this is also how I ended up reading the sentence informing me some people are worried dogs are getting autism from vaccines.

Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows

  • qualia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Whoa! I was gonna ask which dogs would be more likely to have autism if that were possible. Instead, after some quick research it turns out there is a controversial and debated analog to autism in dogs termed CDB (canine dysfunctional behavior) that can include symptoms such as repetitive/compulsive behaviors, social challenges, heightened sensory sensitivities, and difficulty with changes in routine.

    Bull terriers apparently are the breed which exhibit the most CDB-like symptoms. However, the breeds that are recommended to match with autistic humans are ones that are more predictable, gentle, calm, and friendly (e.g. labs, Golden’s, etc).

      • DempstersBox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Controversial and debated; IE, some duechebag propositioned this whole concept, and since he’s rich and white and old, it’s gotten a bit of traction, and he absolutely does think autistic folks are stupid, But! The vast majority of anyone in the field with two functioning brain cells to rub together know he’s full of shit and are working on refuting him, because the aforementioned class he’s in means he didn’t get immediately laughed out of the room or simply blatantly ignored like he should’ve been.

        Like any of the abysmal drivel that falls out of jordan peterson’s mouth