Re: Rabies fear
Originally Posted by
Fishmanpa
From an outside perspective, this is one of those situations where you believe the sky is green when its so obviously blue. I've read rabies worries threads for years and again, there are just no such things as Ninja bats. I truly have a difficult time understanding how irrational fears like this manifest themselves in the minds of those that fear it but I guess that's part of the mental illness.
FMP
I think it stems from the fact that, as rare as it is, rabies is scary. At least that’s the struggle for me.
You absolutely would see a bat, and if you didn’t, you would definitely feel it. Full stop.
If it helps, I work in research admin on a university campus with a vet school. I know the people who run the rabies lab here, in fact, one guy in my office volunteers there. They take in animals from around and just test for rabies (bats in houses, raccoons people have killed, etc). It’s notable when they have a positive result. I hear about every single one and it’s not very frequently at all that it happens. And this is in the US where rabies is much, much more prevalent.
also- one year for a rabies vax is cautious but not necessary if they are the same as over here. Here they are boosted every 3 years, and in humans that work in that lab they usually don’t bother, they titer test to see if it’s necessary and it usually isn’t for 5+ Years.
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