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> In 2017, there were 19 confirmed cases, but case totals in each of the years since have remained below 10.

There are 1.4 million people who live in Hawaii and several hundred thousand who visit every month.

So statistically, you're pretty safe. :)

I grew up in Hawaii and this is the first time I've ever heard of this. There are lots of low-probability diseases like this out there.

You're probably more likely to die on the car ride to/from the airport than something like this, statistically.

Sure, but this would be on my mind every time I ate something there, and that would really ruin the experience. Like how a lot of people are scared of flying even though the drive to the airport is statistically more dangerous.

I hear you. But the world is full of such statistically-nearly-impossible things.

Don't swim in warm fresh water.

Don't breathe in a dry building that might have mice.

And if you really want to worry about million-times more likely concern: do not cross the street.

Hawaii is lovely, and well worth a visit. I just wish it wasn't so strategically important and in such relative proximity to sketchy dictators on the other side of the ocean. :)

> the world is full of such statistically-nearly-impossible things

I know. Stop telling me about them!

OK. I also promise not to tell you anything about Demodex folliculorum. :)

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