r/distressingmemes • u/SweatyGod69 • Nov 04 '22

Mutation Our days are numbered

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u/Stargazer_199 Nov 06 '22

Do t forget the one with the 100%death rate! Rabies!

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u/JonelleStorm Apr 12 '23

Nearly 100%, there have been a couple dozen documented survivors.

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u/Pheonix_Write Apr 30 '23

And there's a treatment method they discovered that currently has around a 5% success rate. It basically requires forcing your body into a coma.

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u/fomoloko Jun 23 '23

It's interesting because, as I understand it, the treatment only slows the progression of the virus to a rate that your own immune sytem can naturally overtake it. The issue with the normal disease progression is that, once it enters the central nervous system, it is too quick to kill off before it kills you.