She didn't go to a doctor or a hospital to make sure that she didn't acquire an infectious virus. Most people would a least go and get a tetanus shot at which time they would do a blood draw just to be sure there weren't other bacteria or viruses communicated through the bite. I'm sorry for the lady, but when you get an animal bite from a wild or stray animal, it's best to get a blood test and a tetanus shot if you're not up to date. Veterinarians get bitten all the time. They either get or do their own blood tests.
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She went to the hospital multiple times. They just didn’t diagnose it. You know cause it’s rare. Tetanus doesn’t fight against rabies and she wasn’t cut by rusty metal but a rabies test isn’t something that a normal blood test would pick up on obviously.
For the record she never got “bit”. She played with a puppy. Anyone who has ever played with a puppy knows they have these little sharp teeth that cause scratches.
This puppy wasn't experiencing the symptoms of rabies either. Hadn’t gotten that far. It was just being a puppy. Many of the other family members experienced the same scratches from playing with the puppy.
They em didn’t get infected cause you know...the chances are remote.
So about that stroll during a lightning storm. Chances are so remote you might get struck that there really is no reason to not do so...
I find your lack of faith...disturbing...
-Darth Vader
You might also note that the Philippines have the third highest rate of rabies in the world. https://rabies.doh.gov.ph/index.php/resources/rabies
The US is a low risk nation:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...als-by-country
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I find your lack of faith...disturbing...
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I'm simply not the type to live in fear of billion to one possibilities. If your number is up, it's up. Without being a complete risk taker, there are literally thousands of more likely ways to die than getting rabies from a stray dog. If you worried about all of them, you'd never leave the house and more accidents happen at home than anywhere else.
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Actually only one in 700,000. Better odds than the lottery. There are one or two cases of rabies infection every year in America. Not from dogs but from bats: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...es/130507.html
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So nothing to worry about! Pick up that dog from the street and play with it.
About 3 people die of rabies in the US annually.
27 or so die from lightning.
I suppose you’re right. You have a greater chance of dying from lightning.
The statistical difference? Negligible. Somewhere in the region of .00000008%.
I find your lack of faith...disturbing...
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