• deegeese
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    If you ever wake up with a bat in your room, get a rabies shot ASAP.

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      And if you don’t know why, look up what happens to humans with untreated rabies. It’s virtually untreatable and one of the worst possible ways you can go.

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        A shot to the genitals twice a day for a year would still be better than rabies.

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      Agreed, people will say you are stupid, but they will regret that when you are dead

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        I have never heard someone called stupid for getting a rabies vaccine when the animal could not be tested.

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            Sounds more like an issue with the assholes you were surrounded with than with you. Good on you for sticking with the obvious smart choice.

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      getting a rabies shot in the US is a pain in the ass, but it’s definitely still worth doing. (speaking from experience)

      when i got the first shot, they gave me like 3-4 other shots too, but it was for a cat bite so mileage may vary on that part. i went to the ER for the first shot because you need to get it within 24 hours. at the ER, i found out that the ER was the only place i could get it (at least where i was, not sure if that is true nationwide). and i had to go back to the ER 3 times for follow up shots, each on a specific day. and each time i had to wait 3-4 hours for a 5 minute shot.

      absolutely still worth doing though. the rabies numbers are crazy. 100% chance to die if you have rabies and no vaccine. 0% chance to die with the vaccine.

      i also found out that there are pre-exposure and post-exposure rabies vaccines, and the pre-exposure ones only require 3 shots and can be gotten at a pharmacy, but the post-exposure ones require an ER visit. (again, this might vary from state to state)

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      Do anti-vaxxers refuse to take rabies vaccine?

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        Darwinism in action as long as it happens before they have kids.