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Crunchy Frog

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3. One of my sons had a close encounter with a bat when he was seven.

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 01:41 AM

Oct 2021

Startled it on the driveway while he was riding his bike around. I took him into pediatric urgent care and they advised that we do the shots. Hated putting him through it, but better off safe.

He got a big shot of antibodies in each thigh and a vaccination shot, and then had to go back two or three more times for more vaccine shots. It used to be much worse a few decades ago.

If you find a bat in your house, try to take it in to your health dept to get it tested. If it tests negative then you don't have to worry.

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Illinois man died of rabies, after refusing the vaccine [View all] LeftInTX Oct 2021 OP

If you wake up and find a bat in your house/room, you ought to get vaccinated... RockRaven Oct 2021 #1

Yep...my friend had an encounter with a neighborhood dog. She got the vaccination. LeftInTX Oct 2021 #2

One of my sons had a close encounter with a bat when he was seven. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #3

You guys are scaring the shit out of me. We had a bat in the house several weeks ago... Hekate Oct 2021 #5

You still have time to go get the vaccination. Doesn't hurt these days, I'm told. Better safe than LiberalLoner Oct 2021 #6

Incubation period for rabies after bite. You can get the vaccine any time up until you show signs LiberalLoner Oct 2021 #7

More info. If you find a bat in your house you should assume you have been bitten. ROP for why. LiberalLoner Oct 2021 #9

This may sound stupid, but where should we go? Hekate Oct 2021 #14

Contact your county health department MissB Oct 2021 #15

Call your doc who is 40 miles away LeftInTX Oct 2021 #37

And, the incubation period Disaffected Oct 2021 #19

Possums not so much. BlackSkimmer Oct 2021 #28

Thanks! SWMO_8541 Oct 2021 #31

Raccoons are an emerging threat LeftInTX Oct 2021 #39

A few yrs ago, a raccoon came in my doggie door womanofthehills Oct 2021 #45

One local women had a horde of raccoons in her backyard picking up pecans from her backyard LeftInTX Oct 2021 #46

No prob. Disaffected Oct 2021 #43

Yep. It's like getting the COVID or flu vaccine. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #22

We had a bat conservation event a few weeks ago LeftInTX Oct 2021 #36

1 to 3 cases a yr of human rabies in US - CDC womanofthehills Oct 2021 #55

+ a gazillion LiberalLoner Oct 2021 #8

So true. Bats have very small teeth, you may not find a bite mark at all but you can still die 😭 LiberalLoner Oct 2021 #10

They knew that bat who bit him was rabid. LisaL Oct 2021 #12

From what was reported, bat was tested, and was found to be rabid, back when he got bit. LisaL Oct 2021 #11

He probably thought they still give the shots in the stomach. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #23

Really? LisaL Oct 2021 #25

Well, yeah. He could have. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #27

That's a rough way to go though TexasBushwhacker Oct 2021 #35

They can analyze the back to see if I had rabies. So you might not need a shot. USALiberal Oct 2021 #17

When I as a kid, I was bitten by a rabid dog dem in texas Oct 2021 #4

As a little child, I got bit by a dog too, most likely mine was not rabid. LisaL Oct 2021 #13

How bad was it? Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #42

it was a good size bite dem in texas Oct 2021 #57

A few years ago, I discovered this fascinating document LeftInTX Oct 2021 #29

Old story. Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #16

He died last month. LisaL Oct 2021 #18

I just saw it last night. I haven't seen in before. This is the General Discussion Forum not break LeftInTX Oct 2021 #24

He got bit by a rabid bat, LisaL Oct 2021 #26

Or maybe it was the anti-vax influence from watching Fox? LeftInTX Oct 2021 #32

Well, we don't know if he was living with relatives and so on. LisaL Oct 2021 #34

Many many years ago, for a summer program, we took a bunch of kids to the Sandia Mts for a week womanofthehills Oct 2021 #47

Rabies are a good example of vaccines saving lives. LisaL Oct 2021 #20

Scary MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #21

Any Tetanus deaths lately? Ron Obvious Oct 2021 #30

Really..... LeftInTX Oct 2021 #33

I had one at Safeway shortly before the pandemic Ron Obvious Oct 2021 #41

Study finds childhood tetanus shots protect you for lifetime womanofthehills Oct 2021 #50

I just couldn't remember if I'd ever had one Ron Obvious Oct 2021 #51

The study also says 30 years, which isn't lifetime. The CDC still says every 10 years. LeftInTX Oct 2021 #56

You just have to break your finger. newdayneeded Oct 2021 #58

If you go to the WHO website it lists tetanus cases around the world womanofthehills Oct 2021 #49

Another danger is raccoons FakeNoose Oct 2021 #38

Yep, it's an emerging problem cuz raccoons have expanded their range and habitat in the past 60 yrs LeftInTX Oct 2021 #40

one less dumb fuck in the planet Celerity Oct 2021 #44

That is very sad Meowmee Oct 2021 #48

I can't find anything to indicate why the old dude declined the vaccine. LisaL Oct 2021 #52

I guess we will never know Meowmee Oct 2021 #54

Rabies vaccines have been administered for generations, without controversy. Paladin Oct 2021 #53