KillstardoAbominate

KillstardoAbominate t1_ja8y2s2 wrote

That's 1-3 cases of active infection, at which point it's almost guaranteed fatal. Per the CDC, 30,000-60,000 people require postexposure prophylaxis per year. This is for the US.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/human_rabies.html

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KillstardoAbominate t1_ja8x8zx wrote

The link you shared shows bats having the second highest number of positive rabies cases. But also, who gives a fuck if the chance of it having rabies is low? If you handled it with no gloves (hell even if you did use gloves imo,) you should talk to your doctor. Rabies is fatal once you start showing symptoms.

For the record, I'm glad you saved it because, as you said, they are an incredibly important part of nature. But that doesn't change anything else I said.

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KillstardoAbominate t1_ja8qdlw wrote

> What evidence were you able to gather from a photo of a bat that makes you think it likely has rabies? > >

Simply the fact that it exists and it's a fucking bat. Bats are among the most common animals to have and/or spread rabies. It's pretty fucking simple. If you handle a bat you should probably get the rabies vaccine.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/animals/bats/index.html

Edit to add:

>I would love to see some numbers on how many rabies vaccines are administered in the US. My guess is not as much as you would think.

According to the CDC, "only" 30,000 - 60,000 people per year receive rabies vaccines for postexposure.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/human_rabies.html

Also, notice in the list of rabies cases, 13 of the 25 were from bats and how some of them occurred without a known bite.

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KillstardoAbominate t1_iwdgjml wrote

>Then you're not cooking the corn fully

That's you telling me I'm not cooking my corn correctly.

>I said the result is similar to cooking on a grill in foil bc you and the other goblin were here acting as if it was like eating trash.

First of all congrats on devolving to name calling. Second, i never said anything about microwaving and whether it's good or bad (I don't give a shit btw.) All I said was that your are full of shit for claiming that the cooking method is irrelevant because the cooking method doesn't develop flavor.

>Then you're making the assertion it's best just to throw it direct on the grill

Nope, I never said that. I just suggested a way to cook corn that DOES in fact develop flavor.

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