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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by loonster on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:23PM (#28283335)
A mosquito can drink 2-3x its body weight. It would not be the same as a NA beer. It would be more like getting a blood transfusion from a drunk.
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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by maxerickson on Monday August 23, 2021 @08:43PM (#28283884)
If it was a pint and the drunk was heroic, it'd be like having 3 or 4 drinks.

(~10 pints of blood in the donor, 1/10 of a lot of alcohol...)

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