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evemac

(329 posts) Mon May 25, 2026, 10:23 PM 5 hrs ago

Rabies vaccine

I'm watching the most recent season of Call the Midwife where there is a rabid dog - memories of To Kill A Mockingbird, too. Just horrific.
Do antivaccers also not give their pets this vaccine?

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Rabies vaccine (Original Post) evemac 5 hrs ago OP

Some do extend their antivax nuttery to their pets, yes. RockRaven 5 hrs ago #1

A rabid fox recently attacked three people in the Tallahassee area. One woman was very badly injured. eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #2

RockRaven

(19,778 posts)

1. Some do extend their antivax nuttery to their pets, yes.

Reply to evemac (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 10:28 PM

5 hrs ago

Which in the case of rabies generates a hazard to oneself/one's family on top of avoidable illness/suffering/death for the pets.

eppur_se_muova

(42,571 posts)

2. A rabid fox recently attacked three people in the Tallahassee area. One woman was very badly injured.

Reply to evemac (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 02:56 AM

1 hr ago

Doctors couldn't sew up her wounds right away because of the danger of sealing in infectious agents. They had to irrigate the wounds continuously for a long time before they could start sewing them up. This is within Tallahassee, not far from the University -- not 'out in the country' somewhere.

Also, this:

Yep, unvaccinated pet in that case.

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