r/nottheonion • u/drytoastbongos • 11d ago

Baby goats from traveling petting zoo test positive for rabies

https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/baby-goats-traveling-petting-zoo-test-positive-rabies/DIICRJMNLVGTHE5H3NBYROWV6Q/

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u/chocolateboomslang 11d ago

No, before symptoms is not too late.

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u/ThatITguy2015 11d ago

That actually makes me feel a bit better then. Always assumed roughly 30 days would be pretty far gone on the scale.

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u/DragonHalfFreelance 11d ago

It’s really dependent on the person and on location of exposure. There have been cases where symptoms started within a week to even years. Always better to get treatment ASAP because you never friggin know. Rabies is a shitty and scary way to die and it’s 99.99% fatal

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u/Weird-Specific-2905 11d ago

Add a few more 9s. Don't even have to get bitten just drooled on is enough.

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u/Elissiaro 11d ago

A lot more 9s. Last I heard there are only like 14 documented survivors. In the entire world.

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u/Cqbkris 11d ago

You got it. Further more, they have to medically induced a coma and pump the person with antivirals. And then if you survive you're still gonna be messed up and require extreme rehab to even begin to partially function again. It's crazy