Yes the overall mortality rate is low, in most cases it only produces a mild flu like illness, but in severe cases [ those needing ICU, my specialty ] the mortality approaches 50%.
Yes it can be transmitted from bovine urine.
My real concern, is how common it is nowadays, for people to make judgements on issues, having read stuff on the internet. I am not only applying this to medicine, but there is so much information out there, which sometimes cannot be interpreted without a degree of expertise and is sometimes dangerously wrong.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Yes the overall mortality rate is low, in most cases it only produces a mild flu like illness, but in severe cases [ those needing ICU, my specialty ] the mortality approaches 50%.
Yes it can be transmitted from bovine urine.
My real concern, is how common it is nowadays, for people to make judgements on issues, having read stuff on the internet. I am not only applying this to medicine, but there is so much information out there, which sometimes cannot be interpreted without a degree of expertise and is sometimes dangerously wrong.
Thanks for the information. I originally wanted to know the prevalence of Weil's disease when we had rats coming to our bird feeders some years ago so researched it then. At the time I did reach the conclusion that I wanted the rats gone and used poison to achieve this. I haven't seen any here for many years but as we live next to a livery stables I'm sure there are plenty around locally.
My real concern, is how common it is nowadays, for people to make judgements on issues, having read stuff on the internet. I am not only applying this to medicine, but there is so much information out there, which sometimes cannot be interpreted without a degree of expertise and is sometimes dangerously wrong.
I do think that looking at NHS stats often a reasonable way to approximate risk - be it STDs or diabetes or warts or shark bites etc - their site is there to inform the public about health risks. We know it presents a simple overview and gives general stats but we shouldn't dismiss them all together. It's a starting point for further investigation. I'm not going to dismiss the NHS data because some bloke off the internet says it's rubbish.
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This thread is about composting and I do think (as no kind of expert) that composting, as an activity, is not posing a major threat nationally of getting weils disease (is their any evidence of that?). I don't think we should be considering avoiding composting because of risk from that disease.
Thanks for that @Fire. I am sure you are perfectly capable of checking whether what I say is true or not, but you have clearly made up your mind and come to the wrong conclusion. Such is life. I am interested, that quite rightly you do not believe what I say at face value, but constantly put You Tube pages on here recommending X,Y or Z, when you have no idea of their credentials. If you are interested, which you won't be, there are several people on the forum who can vouch for my credentials, which can also be found quite easily on line.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
@CDouch I wouldn't worry about rats scuttling out, they'll run away from you. Their eyesight isn't the best, but they'll react immediately to movement nearby.
If its of any interest to anybody ( probably isn't) I have worked in a landbased environment for 40 years and can only remember 1 person getting Weils disease in all that time. Not a statistically relevant piece of data I know, but it's not something I have ever worried about.
@Kate 7 I wasn’t worried about Weil’s disease as like you say I’m sure it’s very rare but I’m a bit squeamish when it comes to rats and don’t want my dogs getting into a fight with one and ending up with an abscess. But I didn’t want to use poison as although I don’t like rats I would hate to kill one with poison. I just want them to find my garden unattractive.
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Yes it can be transmitted from bovine urine.
My real concern, is how common it is nowadays, for people to make judgements on issues, having read stuff on the internet. I am not only applying this to medicine, but there is so much information out there, which sometimes cannot be interpreted without a degree of expertise and is sometimes dangerously wrong.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Thanks for the information. I originally wanted to know the prevalence of Weil's disease when we had rats coming to our bird feeders some years ago so researched it then. At the time I did reach the conclusion that I wanted the rats gone and used poison to achieve this. I haven't seen any here for many years but as we live next to a livery stables I'm sure there are plenty around locally.
They obviously find my dalek bins warm and cosy.
I am interested, that quite rightly you do not believe what I say at face value, but constantly put You Tube pages on here recommending X,Y or Z, when you have no idea of their credentials.
If you are interested, which you won't be, there are several people on the forum who can vouch for my credentials, which can also be found quite easily on line.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border