Re: Rabies fear
Health anxiety is awful. I have absolutely been down that well and it is not a fun place to be. The only thing for me to help combat it when I am struggling is to fight my wild ideas with facts and ground myself. There are days I have to repeat it over and over and over again but it does get easier. Medication has helped me a ton as well.
I seriously doubt that there are stories of people with no animal contact contracting rabies - they have to get it from somewhere. They may not remember the incident or may just have written it off but it doesn't just spring up.
Yes, my colleague has been vaccinated as has another of my colleagues who works in animal research. They don't get scheduled boosters, they get titer tested yearly I believe and once it dips below a certain level they get their booster. They were just discussing the other day if we we would move toward Covid titers or just consistent boosters, who knows. I do know that it is much more than a year before they have to get their boosters due to low titer levels; the actual amount of time varies from person to person. I know in animals here they give boosters every three years and that is purely due to precaution as the vax lasts much longer than that period of time.
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