Child dies from rabies after bat found in room, Canada officials say.
Child dies from rabies after bat found in room, Canada officials say.
"The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine," a health official said.
If you ever wake up with a bat in your room, get a rabies shot ASAP.
84And if you don't know why, look up what happens to humans with untreated rabies. It's virtually untreatable and one of the worst possible ways you can go.
46A shot to the genitals twice a day for a year would still be better than rabies.
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getting a rabies shot in the US is a pain in the ass, but it’s definitely still worth doing. (speaking from experience)
when i got the first shot, they gave me like 3-4 other shots too, but it was for a cat bite so mileage may vary on that part. i went to the ER for the first shot because you need to get it within 24 hours. at the ER, i found out that the ER was the only place i could get it (at least where i was, not sure if that is true nationwide). and i had to go back to the ER 3 times for follow up shots, each on a specific day. and each time i had to wait 3-4 hours for a 5 minute shot.
absolutely still worth doing though. the rabies numbers are crazy. 100% chance to die if you have rabies and no vaccine. 0% chance to die with the vaccine.
i also found out that there are pre-exposure and post-exposure rabies vaccines, and the pre-exposure ones only require 3 shots and can be gotten at a pharmacy, but the post-exposure ones require an ER visit. (again, this might vary from state to state)
17Do anti-vaxxers refuse to take rabies vaccine?
1Darwinism in action as long as it happens before they have kids.
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It's a weird use of passive voice
19After being found in room, bat linked to rabies related to fatal incident undergone by baby, according to sound waves created by the mouth of official who represents Canada.
19Rabies virus transferred from bat to infant, resulting in a fatality.
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I'm not sure if it applies to journalism, but when I do things like write reports about medicals I was involved in, I write like that. Usually because that person goes on to definitive care and I don't know how they fared. Patient was found in this location, services were called, patient was transported to hospital. It feels robotic, but idk how best to handle it.
5This is journalistic style. The goal isn’t to say X was the cause of Y but that it’s reported that Y because of X.
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Define asap as a unit of time. As Being in a typical emergency waiting room for a life saving vaccine you could be waiting a full day.
Things that are faster than the emergency services:
Doing your taxes
Applying for residency
Applying for passport.
Applying for citizenship
Testing and buying a new car.
Getting a background check done
Waiting for the tv technician to arrive at your home when they give you an 8 hr waiting period and also the installation.
Being on hold with literally any service.
Getting any form of dental work done
Any sports game.
Painting a room
Doing a marathon
-3I worked in an ER. If you were rabies exposed they moved a lot faster than that.
10And yet people still die waiting in ER.
Working in ER doesn’t trump people who have been in ER waiting/dying to be seen. There have been deaths waiting in ER and it’s dismissed as not important enough to change the situation. If anything, claiming you worked in ER and defending this shit is admittance to apathy and sociopathic tendencies
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Yes if you come in walking and talking into the er youll wait there for a while.
Trust me if you come there with half your face stuck youll get the shot before you can say fast.
2If you’re walking and talking you’re using the last mobility to get help. You can walk and talk in early stages of many things that you need to get to an ER for EARLY treatment such as rabies, sepsis, respiratory, cardiovascular and the longer they are in waiting time the more complications there are.
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