Of course that was humans as a whole, but I get it totally.
I have a sister in law thats scared of her shadow.
Damn sure won't wade fish on the coast, but if you ask her WHY, its sharks. Not rays, not flesh eating, not rattlers, not alligators(not sure she is even aware of those) but sharks.
And she thinks dolphins are cute....
Thats a shame on the tularemia. We should really all be a bit more careful, but in the end, I've always opined... as long as you don't have an open cut, or cut yourself in the process(glove being of no help there) and wash up post haste and not touching mouth/nose etc.... you are likely to live a long life in regards to the chances.
Godchild of ours.. father an anally clean freak dentist... didn't like him playing outside or in the dirt and wash wash wash all the time... kid has been sick with colds and such probably twice the average kid...
You can go to extremes on either end IMHO.
Wife and I won't eat our steaks any other than rare and I prefer my burgers that way also... that may well not be good in the end...
