bulboustadpole t1_ja70n6w wrote
Reply to comment by ACER719x in I found a bat in my pool. He’s very much alive. I set him in the sun to dry out away from my dog by Handicapreader
I would love to see some numbers on how many rabies vaccines are administered in the US. My guess is not as much as you would think.
Also this misses the point.
>The chances that bat doesn't have rabies are not good. You REALLY need to get the bat tested and potentially begin the rabies vaccine regimen.
And you know this how? What evidence were you able to gather from a photo of a bat that makes you think it likely has rabies?
An informed person would likely go to get a rabies vaccine but your average person may not. By your logic every person who is near a bat or touched one needs to get immediate vaccinations yet most people do not and the deaths don't match up.
Unless you are actually bitten by an animal such as a bat or another animal that's known to carry rabies you really don't need to get the series of vaccines.
India has higher amounts of rabies and deaths because they don't vaccinate their dogs. Nearly all rabies cases in India are from dogs.
KillstardoAbominate t1_ja8qdlw wrote
> What evidence were you able to gather from a photo of a bat that makes you think it likely has rabies? > >
Simply the fact that it exists and it's a fucking bat. Bats are among the most common animals to have and/or spread rabies. It's pretty fucking simple. If you handle a bat you should probably get the rabies vaccine.
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/animals/bats/index.html
Edit to add:
>I would love to see some numbers on how many rabies vaccines are administered in the US. My guess is not as much as you would think.
According to the CDC, "only" 30,000 - 60,000 people per year receive rabies vaccines for postexposure.
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/human_rabies.html
Also, notice in the list of rabies cases, 13 of the 25 were from bats and how some of them occurred without a known bite.
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