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sterlingphoenix t1_ixurhk6 wrote

Rabies is 100% preventable. It's very close to 100% fatal without the treatment.

So, basically, the high mortality rate is almost exclusive to people who do not seek treatment. As for why people would not seek treatment after being bitten by an animal, I remind you that people were refusing vaccines for a global pandemic they could see all around them.

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frakc t1_ixutvom wrote

Thete are also outdated myth about rabies treatment that it requires 52 painfull shots in the stomach

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sterlingphoenix t1_ixuxwup wrote

Yeah, it's a lot less shots now and they tend to be around where the bite happened. Which sucks, but I can't emphasiste this enough -- it sucks a lot less than rabies.

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Captain_Reseda t1_ixuwscf wrote

It used to be something like 14 shots in the stomach. I had to get them when I was about 8 years old a looooooong time ago and I remember it hurt like hell.

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Divinate_ME t1_ixuzrkh wrote

Don't blame the individuals, but also their caretakers. Recently a kid died to a snake bite in Australia, because the dad didn't believe him when he said that he was bitten.

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