The US Is Tracking 14 Potential Rabies Outbreaks in 20 States
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#2Scary. This site has useful information about rabies and the treatment but other articles say more about the outbreaks. So far there is no pattern. It spans the entire country, east coast to west coast to Alaska. The animals involved have no pattern either.
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#3Are the states a secret or something? Why say that and not list the locations?
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#4Here's an article from late August with some detail [1], including the affected states: New York, Massachusetts, Alaska, Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon and Vermont. I can't find anything about it on the CDC website though.
Edited to add another charming detail from the article: "A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in a nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism."
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rabies-outbreaks-...
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#5Here's an article from late August with some detail [1], including the affected states: New York, Massachusetts, Alaska, Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon and Vermont. I can't find anything about it on the CDC website though. Edited to add another charming detail from the article: "A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in a nationally representative sample of American…
Is autism a thing for dogs? I have literally never thought about this but I guess it could be a thing.
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#6Here's an article from late August with some detail [1], including the affected states: New York, Massachusetts, Alaska, Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon and Vermont. I can't find anything about it on the CDC website though. Edited to add another charming detail from the article: "A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in a nationally representative sample of American…
It's absolutely scary that the CDC hasn't published anything about it. They were the ultimate source of epidemiological information, weren't they? We knew this was coming. But this is the clearest sign yet that we have entered the medical dark ages.
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#7I'm surprised they don't mention bats, every summer night they fly within a foot of my head and some poor guy died on Vancouver Island,
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rabies-death...
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#8From the related articles: https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/kissing-bug-d...
Chagas disease is the one that scares me, since it seems easy to contract and not know it. Rabies is definitely more lethal but hopefully you could recognize the exposure event and get treated.
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#9I'm surprised they don't mention bats, every summer night they fly within a foot of my head and some poor guy died on Vancouver Island, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rabies-death...
They mention bats multiple times in the article
>In the United States ... contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths.
> The same goes for people planning to ... explore caves in regions where rabid bats have been.
>The clearest example is someone who has been bitten by a wild dog, bat, fox, raccoon or other animal known to carry rabies. If someone had direct contact with a bat — for instance, waking up to find a bat in the room — this is also considered a possible exposure unless a bite or scratch can be definitively ruled out. ... If you find a dead bat, do not throw it away. Do not touch it or allow other people or pets to touch it. Instead, call animal control so that the bat can be tested.
>In addition, try to prevent bats from getting inside your home through windows, chimneys or other holes.
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#10I'm surprised they don't mention bats, every summer night they fly within a foot of my head and some poor guy died on Vancouver Island, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rabies-death...
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