Rabies cases pose public health threat across US

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5. Most years one to two rabies deaths in humans

Past yr there were 5 or 6 - most involve being bitten by a bat.

70% of rabies cases are from bats.

When I was younger, we had a group of kids at a church campsite (huge old log cabin) with no electricity in the Sandia Mts. In the middle of the night the little girls were screaming- bats were flying over their heads. We marched them out to another cabin walking in the rain at 2 in the morning. I still have the image in my mind - when I pointed my flashlight to the ceiling corners -bats opening & closing their months.

The next year at that camp a man died from a bat bite.

Raccoons & foxes can also carry rabies. A raccoon one night came in my doggie door & was climbing the stairs up to my bedroom. Thank god for dogs.