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Putting something into graphic perspective. You have a puncture wound in your skin. It becomes red and sore. Why?
Let * indicate what is causing it to become 'angry. Per each 1000 wounds.
Bacteria present:
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998 out of 1000 puncture wounds have bacteria present.
Venom from a spider present per each 1000 wounds:
... (~<.000001)
Millions of skin penetrating wounds happen every day. The chance it was caused by a spider bite is too small to be calculated.
This works out to, very roughly, an angry wound appears on your skin. The chance it is caused by a spider bite is less than one in 1 million.
The chance it is bacterially infected, 99%+
Let * indicate what is causing it to become 'angry. Per each 1000 wounds.
Bacteria present:
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
998 out of 1000 puncture wounds have bacteria present.
Venom from a spider present per each 1000 wounds:
... (~<.000001)
Millions of skin penetrating wounds happen every day. The chance it was caused by a spider bite is too small to be calculated.
This works out to, very roughly, an angry wound appears on your skin. The chance it is caused by a spider bite is less than one in 1 million.
The chance it is bacterially infected, 99%+