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Re:Bacteria that can live for decades and kill 70% of infect... by maxerickson on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @08:46AM (#13763570)
The comparison with rabies is the number of worldwide infections.

For rabies, postexposure vaccination is extremely effective in preventing infection and death. To the point that failures are notable:

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/50/1/77/312471/Failure-...

Poor access to care/vaccines means that a lot of people still die from rabies, but it is the access that is the problem, not the effectiveness of the treatment.

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