CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats in the U.S.

Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by tasha0663 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:19PM (#29831209)

We had a bat in the house years ago. In my 3am stupor I tried to let it out until Dr. Spouse berated me and said we must catch it. Darn thing disappeared. Animal control came and couldn't find it. That's when I started reading about rabies. Freaked me out. Up until that point I had the attitude that if something felt off, just go to a doctor. Nope. Omae wa mo shindeiru.

We had booked 2 adults and 2 diaper-age kids for PEP shots when I took the day off and turned the house upside down trying to find the bat. Eventually I found the dumb thing stuck to a glue trap for mice. No rabies.

But yeah, people were looking at me like I was bonkers for scheduling the shots. "Did it bite you?" No idea! But I'm not going to take my chances on being the second person ever to come out not quite dead from a drug-induced coma after symptoms set in.

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Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by MobileVet on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:45PM (#29833640)

Nice work. You don’t take a gamble when the odds are 100%, especially for your kids. Booking the shots was the right call.

My father in law knew better and still let the bat escape. Cost us $10k in shots for 3 of us.

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