Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
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Re: Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
#2Horrific. Poor family.
Re: Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
#3> Any direct human contact with a bat is an indication for rabies postexposure prophylaxi - medical treatment given immediately after potential exposure to a rabid animal.
Yes, this is the correct take here
This is one of those things that will kill you and it will hurt the whole time you're dying
Though on the good side it does away with antivaxxers pretty quickly
Re: Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
#4This is awful, but why is this on hacker news
Re: Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
#5> Any direct human contact with a bat is an indication for rabies postexposure prophylaxi - medical treatment given immediately after potential exposure to a rabid animal. Yes, this is the correct take here This is one of those things that will kill you and it will hurt the whole time you're dying Though on the good side it does away with antivaxxers pretty quickly
Unfortunately, antivaxxers mostly go unharmed while their children suffer.
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#6Sad, but hopefully this tragedy informs someone about rabies in bats.
Bats are the number one carrier of rabies and their tiny bites are really easy to miss. If you touch a wild bat, you need to go to the hospital.
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#7> Any direct human contact with a bat is an indication for rabies postexposure prophylaxi - medical treatment given immediately after potential exposure to a rabid animal.
This phrase is unnecessarily complicated, I expect something easier to understand from the BBC. It can't be stressed often enough: if there's even the slightest suspicion that someone has been bitten, scratched etc. by any wild animal or even "just" a feral cat/dog, get them a rabies vaccine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_vaccine) immediately. Maybe the term "prophylaxi" (shouldn't it be prophylaxis?) is preferred nowadays because of the unnecessary controversies over vaccines, but I won't mince words here...
Re: Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
#8> Any direct human contact with a bat is an indication for rabies postexposure prophylaxi - medical treatment given immediately after potential exposure to a rabid animal. Yes, this is the correct take here This is one of those things that will kill you and it will hurt the whole time you're dying Though on the good side it does away with antivaxxers pretty quickly
Unfortunately, antivaxxers mostly go unharmed while their children suffer.
> while their children suffer
and (if there are too many of them) the rest of society
Re: Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
#9This is awful, but why is this on hacker news
To raise awareness?
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