MasileinDE wrote:
there are occasions where there is mass outbreaks of scabies in some places (which is because those tiny lice live someplace and then when people get into the room or close to the places where they live, they latch onto them)
scabies can be treated really easily with the right medication and proper care when it comes to textiles (because they can get caught in the textiles you're wearing or sitting/lying down on and then you can get "reinfected" despite having gotten rid of those infesting your body)
it is rare to get scabies, but not impossible and often happens when handling really old material (I know a librarian who got herself infect with scabies after treating a private donation from someone) or visiting old buildings where the little buggers live in the walls and ceilings.
Sylvan wrote:
it very much still is, but since the stigma around it is "mostly" gone, people do get it treated fasterouch wrote:
Idk I don't know anyone who had it Sylvan wrote:

That is still a thing? Oh wow.
Yes, why would it not 
That is still a thing? Oh wow.
there are occasions where there is mass outbreaks of scabies in some places (which is because those tiny lice live someplace and then when people get into the room or close to the places where they live, they latch onto them)
scabies can be treated really easily with the right medication and proper care when it comes to textiles (because they can get caught in the textiles you're wearing or sitting/lying down on and then you can get "reinfected" despite having gotten rid of those infesting your body)
it is rare to get scabies, but not impossible and often happens when handling really old material (I know a librarian who got herself infect with scabies after treating a private donation from someone) or visiting old buildings where the little buggers live in the walls and ceilings.