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by kube-system 2239 days ago
> Sadly, horribly, that is now a risk with every major procedure

Infection always has and likely always will be a risk when you open up a human. Evaluating, understanding, and measuring those risks is the only way we can begin to mitigate them.

On the bright side, recent medical technology has also brought us a lot of minimally or non-invasive procedures. Those generally have much lower (sometimes almost zero) risks of infection.