Re: Another post about the dreaded “ninja bat”
I have seen that House episode - something to note is that the man who had rabies was living in a cardboard box where the bats also lived. Like, multiple bats in a small area, so it's much more likely that he could have bumped one and gotten bitten.
Bats don't really want to bite you, but they aren't ninjas either. If you had one in your house, you would notice. If one was in your house, it wouldn't necessarily bite you either unless it was scared or agitated. So the chances of being bitten by a bat in your house are incredibly low, even more so being bitten without noticing.
I've had this fear too and I know how hard it is. I had construction done on my house last year so my attic space was open to below and I was absolutely terrified. But realistically, it just isn't that common. If people were bitten by bats with that frequency we would have many more deaths from rabies on the books because the symptoms early on are pretty non-descript. That we don't indicates that people really aren't bitten that much.
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