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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:54:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:55:58 AM EDT
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China bat is best bat
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:56:18 AM EDT
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Fuck those things! They would buzz you in the early morning and before last light while bird hunting. I had the logging company cut their tree down first.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:57:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes. I had the rabies vaccine in 2003. I wonder how well I’d be protected now. IIRC you can have your immunity tested. Then a booster if you/the doctors feel you need it. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:58:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Even at the ripe old age of 80, I don't think rabies is the way I'd want to go out. I’d rather do the old two hookers and an eight ball way out. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:58:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What a dumbass. Rabies is one of very few diseases in existence with pretty much a 100% fatality rate. Why would you decline treatment after a known exposure? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The bat was captured and tested positive for rabies, but when health officials told the man he needed to start post-exposure rabies treatment, he declined, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said in a statement. What a dumbass. Rabies is one of very few diseases in existence with pretty much a 100% fatality rate. Why would you decline treatment after a known exposure? Even HIV can be treated and managed to the point it's just a chronic condition. Rabies, you're fucked. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:00:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In before: "He died with rabies, not from rabies." "He was in his 80s - a cold would have killed him." "Its all a hoax to make you afraid! How many of you actually know someone who died of rabies?" "I'm pretty sure I had rabies last February. It was just a bad cold." Also in before one of our resident doctors explains that the rabies vaccine doesn't stop people from getting or spreading rabies, it just lessens the severity of rabies when they contract it, and that this is how practically all vaccines have always worked.  Go back to DU |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:00:22 AM EDT
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Rabies is a truly horrifying disease. The only upside is how rare it is.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:01:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Even at the ripe old age of 80, I don't think rabies is the way I'd want to go out. No kidding. It's a horrible way to go. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:03:13 AM EDT
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 Rabies in Man [Silent] (US Army Medical Service, 1955) |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:04:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We had a guy here bragging about refusing rabies shots in a thread recently. Lot of dipshits in this world. Read any Covid thread. If you get symptomatic rabies, you die. Period. And it can incubate for years. or just look at the doomers in this thread comparing rabies to COVID. 
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:04:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think that declining rabies treatment is an option in Alabama.  Wait, you mean to tell me those God fearing people force FORCE you to get treated even if you dont want it? |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:06:53 AM EDT
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I'm sorry, but that man was a fucking idiot.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:08:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In before: "He died with rabies, not from rabies." "He was in his 80s - a cold would have killed him." "Its all a hoax to make you afraid! How many of you actually know someone who died of rabies?" "I'm pretty sure I had rabies last February. It was just a bad cold." Also in before one of our resident doctors explains that the rabies vaccine doesn't stop people from getting or spreading rabies, it just lessens the severity of rabies when they contract it, and that this is how practically all vaccines have always worked. An effervescence of stupid, who'da thought........ |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:08:43 AM EDT
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I fucking hate bats.
you would also think that a rabies vax would be recommended for people who venture into the woods etc. All I know is that if some fuckin bats try and set up shop in my yard they are getting smoked with #6 shot |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:10:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IIRC you can have your immunity tested. Then a booster if you/the doctors feel you need it. to my knowledge, Kansas State Rabies Laboratory is the only laboratory that can test for this. its the only place that I have ever heard of a titer test going to. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:17:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is that true? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: in the State of Oklahoma they will get a court order and take you in cuffs to a medical facility- if necessary. Is that true? Yes it is. I was told after a "probable" exposure that I was getting the shots. Dumbass roommate bought a koti mundi from a pet store in Stillwater. One of the littermates tested positive a few weeks later. Next thing I know the Payne County Health Dept is explaining my "options". Which were - You're getting the shots. They weren't the series in your stomach. Mine was one in each hip, and in 1 arm. Then, they alternated arms foe each subsequent one. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:18:55 AM EDT
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Touch a bat
spin the wheel  |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 10:38:14 AM EDT
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Too bad he didn't bite some commies and take them with him. That would be one on my terminal rabies goals.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 10:42:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryHas anyone done any studies on reather or not we really need bats? I know they are "beneficial" in their insect eating, but its getting to the point that I think I'd rather have the bugs. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 10:48:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/29/2021 10:49:38 AM EDT
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The Bauhaus can make a song out of this.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 10:59:06 AM EDT
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Rabies is 100% fatal if not treated.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:03:22 AM EDT
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Read that this morning, what a crappy way to die.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:07:06 AM EDT
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That’s a rather hardcore way to choose to go out.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:07:33 AM EDT
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Quoted: Illinois man dies of rabies An Illinois man died this month in the state's first human case of rabies since 1954, according to health officials on Tuesday. The Lake County man, in his 80s, awoke in mid-August to find a bat on his neck. The bat was captured and tested positive for rabies, but when health officials told the man he needed to start post-exposure rabies treatment, he declined, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said in a statement. A month later, the man started experiencing symptoms of rabies, including neck pain, difficulty controlling his arms, finger numbness and difficulty speaking. He subsequently died and a bat colony was found in his home. https://c.tenor.com/hHxGE-1V28MAAAAM/dracula-bela-lugosi.gif Is it bad that I associated your Avatar gif my reaction to the story? 
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:12:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ITT, we have Doomers comparing a well-established treatment to an experimental and unproven drug to try and prove a point LOL. INB4 bat15?
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:19:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I fucking hate bats. you would also think that a rabies vax would be recommended for people who venture into the woods etc. All I know is that if some fuckin bats try and set up shop in my yard they are getting smoked with #6 shot Bats can eat 1000 mosquitos an hour. When I lived where mosquitos were a problem, I loved them, hell I put up a bat box. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:25:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We had a guy here bragging about refusing rabies shots in a thread recently. Lot of dipshits in this world. Read any Covid thread. If you get symptomatic rabies, you die. Period. And it can incubate for years. A friend of a friend survived rabies without the shots. Her recovery was incomplete. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:53:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ITT, we have Doomers comparing a well-established treatment to an experimental and unproven drug to try and prove a point LOL. Doomers conveniently overlooking the political manipulation, too. Will they change their tune when they're on their knees in front of a trench? |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 11:55:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Count is asshoe How so, when the victim declined treatment? 
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:01:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bad way to go. Bat way to go |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:04:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow. Dramatic much? Calm down and take a breath. This Covid bullshit has seriously affected the ability of just about anyone to identify satire or humor, or their own biases. I had a long post all typed out, but deleted it because tl/dr. Suffice to say: I'm pretty sure I'm on your side regarding covid (and rabies). ETA: wow. A lot of rustled jimmies in here this morning. For the record: Covid has killed a lot of people, but isn't worth losing freedoms over. Lockdowns and masks are bullshit. Govt is out of control. And the vaccines are a shitshow. That being said, the statements I listed above are about the worst possible arguments (from a logic/debate standpoint) you could take, which is exactly why the propeganda pushers pushed and reinforced them all through this fiasco. I'll apologize for my reaction in that case, but you have to keep in mind that we're a year into posts exactly like your previous one, only from people dead serious about it and it's becoming impossible to discern actual opinions from satire at this point
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:04:56 PM EDT
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I’ve had my rabies vaccine. I ain’t scared.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:13:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In before: "He died with rabies, not from rabies." "He was in his 80s - a cold would have killed him." "Its all a hoax to make you afraid! How many of you actually know someone who died of rabies?" "I'm pretty sure I had rabies last February. It was just a bad cold." Also in before one of our resident doctors explains that the rabies vaccine doesn't stop people from getting or spreading rabies, it just lessens the severity of rabies when they contract it, and that this is how practically all vaccines have always worked. Sorry buddy you are being obtuse with you idiotic statements ! The juice is worth the squeeze when it comes to rabies, not so much when it comes to Covid. What exactly are your medical qualifications by the way? |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:16:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve had my rabies vaccine. I ain’t scared. I’m not sure how often it’s recommended… but you need a booster to maintain efficacy… I received PEP back in 2013. Pretty sure protection is limited and it’s recommended to get poked with another round of vaccine, not the immunoglobulin. Medical pros, correct me if I’m wrong. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:23:11 PM EDT
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I have a feeling if they found a bat colony in his house and he refused treatment.... the dude was probably not right in his mind to begin with.
What a fucked up way to go out... feel sorry for the people who had to treat him in his final days. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:32:07 PM EDT
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I remember a gazebo out at a park we were at years ago that had a table inside of it that was covered in what looked like a very thick layer of bird shit, but when you looked up, the inside of the roof had a ton of bats hanging up in it.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:43:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In before: "He died with rabies, not from rabies." "He was in his 80s - a cold would have killed him." "Its all a hoax to make you afraid! How many of you actually know someone who died of rabies?" "I'm pretty sure I had rabies last February. It was just a bad cold." Also in before one of our resident doctors explains that the rabies vaccine doesn't stop people from getting or spreading rabies, it just lessens the severity of rabies when they contract it, and that this is how practically all vaccines have always worked.  |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:51:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've seen recommendations that hunters and trappers get pre exposure rabies vaccine. But I've never seen anyone who could tell me where it was available. We can vaccinate our dogs for about $25. Humans, wait until we get bit. A friend of mine that's a park ranger got the vaccine for free, at least at the one place he worked that was chock full of rabid raccoons. The thing that really weirds me out, besides all of it, is how some animals, even some people, can harbor it for a long time before the symptoms show. Hopefully the old man was put in a medically induced coma so he didn't suffer. I'll bet money he just decided it was a good time to turn in his chips. At least he didn't have to clean up the guano from all those bats living in his house. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:05:41 PM EDT
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Had a bat colony in his house. Pets? Sensing there is a weird back story to this.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:06:59 PM EDT
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The story of Guano Point starts a few decades ago. In the 1930s, a young man decided to go for a nice little boat ride down the Granite Gorge, just minding his own business, when he noticed a hole in one of the canyon walls. That man's name was Harold Carpenter. He estimated the hole was maybe, 600 feet above the water, and he was curious. He should probably investigate. Why not, right?
Three days of climbing later, he finally reached the hole. As it turned out, the hole was a giant cave and it was filled with guano. Aka bat poop. Guano is crazy rich in nitrates and phosphates, which is a main component in fertilizer. A mining engineer even estimated that there was at least 100,000 tons of guano in the cave. Surely that would net at least $12-15 million. That guano was gold. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:34:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had a bat colony in his house. Pets? Sensing there is a weird back story to this. More likely had some take up residency in his attic. A friend of mine went through that a few years ago. Had to pay some pros to come out and remove them, then another company to come in and clean up. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:42:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rabies is 100% fatal if not treated. It's basically 100% fatal if it is treated too, at least once symptoms appear. 
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:49:07 PM EDT
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I am fairly certain that this is not the second case since 1924 in Illinois.
In the late 1960's ~ early 1970's at a hospital in east central Illinois we had a rabies patient. Fellow lab techs warned us of the dangers. Being an X-Ray Tech we were doing daily X-Rays on said patient. Full protective dress out and wipe down of equipment / anything that went in the room. Would not provide rabies vax for any employee that had contact with said patient. Sister Administrator forced hospital policy was that Patient did not exist. Patient did not survive. Hospitals was also not reporting instances of child abuse if parents were of the same religion. Luckily I was offered a Bio Med engineering position shortly after the rabies incident at 4X salary. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:56:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably read from reliable sources that the rabies shot was packed full of dna altering nanobots too I know you're being sarcastic, but every time I hear a conservative say something like that I cringe. It makes us all look so crazy. We need to stick to facts, and there are enough of those to win an argument, why must we go down the conspiracy path? |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 1:58:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A friend of a friend survived rabies without the shots. Her recovery was incomplete. Wow. There are only about 20 people known to have ever survived rabies. I believe most or all went through the Milwaukee treatment protocol, and most or all were left with some level of brain damage. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 2:13:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bats can eat 1000 mosquitos an hour. When I lived where mosquitos were a problem, I loved them, hell I put up a bat box. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I fucking hate bats. you would also think that a rabies vax would be recommended for people who venture into the woods etc. All I know is that if some fuckin bats try and set up shop in my yard they are getting smoked with #6 shot Bats can eat 1000 mosquitos an hour. When I lived where mosquitos were a problem, I loved them, hell I put up a bat box. You know what else eats a shit load of mosquitoes (in all satges of life) and doesn't give you rabies?> Dragon Flies....FUCK BATS Only reason I'd put up a bat box would be to euthanize them when they are roosting. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 3:13:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had a bat colony in his house. Pets? Sensing there is a weird back story to this. They live in attics. They get in through the gable vents, it's really the perfect bat home. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 3:17:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably. If I'm reading it right, among people (groups of children and of adults) who received a pre-exposure prophylactic vaccination schedule (doses at zero and seven days) retained significant indicators of long-term effectiveness a year after vaccination and demonstrated test results indicating significant effectiveness 10-11 years after the initial vaccination without boosters. These results are almost as good as a three dose series (days 0, 7, 21-28) in adults. So I think you'd retain significant immunity for much longer. But it's relatively easy and inexpensive to test and is commonly done, so if you're at any significant risk of exposure to rabies you should talk to a doctor about titer tests and boosters. Edit and result: untreated rabies is 100% fatal, and many people in situations with elevated risk of exposure may be exposed in ways that are not obvious. Rabies vaccines have been in use for well over a century, and modern vaccines for decades. You're an idiot if you suspect exposure or are at increased risk of exposure and do not get a vaccination course.  Calif. girl survives rabies without treatment |
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