Boy dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
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Rabies infections are rare in Canada. There have been 28 human deaths due to rabies in the country since 1924.
  • assaultpotato@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    22 hours ago

    It doesn’t even need to bite you. Licking, scratching, anything that results in saliva contact is a candidate for rabies transmission. If you come into contact with a bat or may have come into contact with a bat or other wild animal, go get your vaccination.

    You typically have some time to do so but earlier is always better.

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      22 hours ago

      Yep… any bodily fluid contact (especially saliva - the bat was on the kid’s nose and mouth)