To quote a prophet of mine:
"No aliens, psychopaths or MTV hosts
Scare me like vampires, mummies and the Holy Ghost"
But seriously..
These things scare me:
Acinetobacter baumannii - Currently accounts for 7% of all hospital acquired infections and few drugs can fight it.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - 102,000 infections per year and becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics.
Aspergillis - Once present in the bloodstream, you have a 50% chance of survival, even with the best antifungicides available.
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium - Major cause of heart, brain and abdomen infection. About 10% of hospital patients are infected. Current drugs fail to kill it quickly.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - One of the best at learning how to adapt to anything we can throw at it.
Escheria coli - Nearly half of the drugs used to fight this infection are no longer working.
Klebsiella - Nearly half of the drugs used to fight this infection are no longer working.
H5N1 - Not really terrifying, yet. Current speculation is that it will enter the US soon. It's been the cause of over 200 million dying from the disease or being killed to prevent it's spread.
Maybe I shouldn't be working in the Sanitation industry...
Oh, and more subtley, I'm afraid of the Hamster Syndrome.
P38Pilot
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
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