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minus-square@hightrixlink5•1 year agoIs something that affect 1% of people really not rare? Seems like an odd classification.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoYa 1% is pretty rare in my opinion. Ever play a video game trying to get loot with a 1% drop rate? Takes fucking forever.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoYou could maybe argue in a medical context it’s just uncommon, but that doesn’t seem headline worthy vs rare.
minus-square@FooBarringtonlink1•1 year agoIt seems like classifications differ between regions. In the US, an illness is rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. In the EU it’s less than 1 in 2000 (or less than 0.05%). So no, 1% isn’t anywhere close to rare.
Is something that affect 1% of people really not rare? Seems like an odd classification.
Ya 1% is pretty rare in my opinion. Ever play a video game trying to get loot with a 1% drop rate? Takes fucking forever.
You could maybe argue in a medical context it’s just uncommon, but that doesn’t seem headline worthy vs rare.
It seems like classifications differ between regions. In the US, an illness is rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. In the EU it’s less than 1 in 2000 (or less than 0.05%).
So no, 1% isn’t anywhere close to rare.