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Re:Is the first cure for advanced rabies near? by bsder on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:11PM (#37806965)
The fact that 20K people die to a disease that has a set of proven, relatively inexpensive treatments tells me that 20K people already can't get to a medical facility.

Getting to those people to a medical facility to test a new, unproven, expensive treatment simply isn't going to happen.

This is especially so since there are a vast number of diseases that are much higher priority than rabies in India.

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Re:Is the first cure for advanced rabies near? by LegitShady on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:33PM (#37807390)
I have unfortunately seen some heartbreaking videos where it's children who got it. Some for sure can't get access to medical care in the rural areas, but sometimes the kids might not even know.
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