• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      A condition with a prevalence rate of 0.8% is not worth thinking about, let alone considering in the context of a meme.

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        5 months ago

        While a prevalence of 0.8% may seem like a tiny amount but when applied to a large population it’s a significant number of people. Let’s say a city has a nice round 100,000 people, a small city by any measure. That’s 800 people, not such a small number anymore. The lives of those 800 people are worth thinking about. Granted in the context of a larger population but it’s still something.