I thought it was super interesting that almost a third of people have dormant tuberculosis. I think of it is kind of a distant disease that doesn't affect my life, or the life of my loved ones. But it's not just the dormant amount; it's also the fact that ten percent of those people get bad tuberculosis. It just goes to show that actual data can really make you look at phenomena differently and as more impactful.
https://www.labxchange.org/library/pathway/lx-pathway:0b417a9e-6227-44a8-a887-dbfdf44e37e3/items/lx-pb:0b417a9e-6227-44a8-a887-dbfdf44e37e3:lx_simulation:7f50189c?source=%2Flibrary%2Fclusters%2Flx-cluster%3AModernPrediction
Similarly, over half of the US population below 50 years old has the oral herpes virus, although it may lay dormant. I wonder how many of these types of dormant infections exist, and if there's a difference for viral and bacterial diseases?