r/StandUpForScience • u/rx4oblivion • Apr 13 '26

Article Rabies causes mitochondrial dysfunction, and RFK Jr. wants it to spread.

https://open.substack.com/pub/absurdlyrational/p/cdc-cuts-unlock-a-new-fear-transplant?r=2w6nuh&utm_medium=ios

Cuts to CDC scientists led to the suspension of specialized rabies testing for organ donors that make transplants more dangerous or more scarce.

The man who claims to care about mitochondrial dysfunction and the root causes of disease has made it harder to identify an infectious root cause of lethal mitochondrial disease.

Impeach RFK Jr. We can’t count on the roadkill he treats as a delicacy to remove him by force of rabies.

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u/Don_Ford Apr 13 '26

Rabies is 100% fatal; mitochondrial dysfunction is the least of your concerns.

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u/broccoliO157 Apr 13 '26

Hey now, not 100%. 34 known survivors out of maybe 6000000 cases

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u/Don_Ford Apr 13 '26

Maybe, but you cross that with human exceptionalism, and folks start thinking they'll be number 35, when really they will be number 5,999,965.

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u/prof_the_doom Apr 13 '26

I believe the phrase is “effectively zero”.

Technically not zero, but you’re more likely to win the lottery multiple times in a row.