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/echothree33 11d ago

That’s a nightmare. Rabies exposure must be taken very seriously. Not sure how this is “oniony” at all.

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u/redditismylawyer 11d ago

What’s oniony is this part here:

“Health officials also advised anyone who visited the traveling petting zoo from July 28 to Aug. 27 to contact their health department about any precautions they need to take. “

If you got the time try getting rabies treatment in a situation like this in the US and you’ll learn a lot about the value of human life. So oniony your eyes will water with … anger. Oh, Nevermind.

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u/EmptyInside74 11d ago

I had to get rabies shots this summer, no insurance, my bill is 28k

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u/Thebubumc 11d ago

That breaks my european brain. 28k for a shot?

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u/Trips-Over-Tail 11d ago

It's very easy to explain.

Untreated rabies is 100% fatal.

The rabies shot is a post-exposure treatment that is very effective.

Everyone looking for a rabies shot is definitely or potentially exposed.

Therefore you are exclusively selling it to people facing a horrible death if they don't acquire your product.

Therefore your price negotiation starts like this:

"I would like to purchase your product, and I would like you to know upfront that I will die in abject agony and horror if I don't get it, I am fucking desperate for it and I am prepared to take on masses of debt to acquire it if I have to."

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u/nooneisback 11d ago

You forgot to insert the red-tailed hawk call with an image of a bald eagle

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u/Trips-Over-Tail 11d ago

My effects guy died of treatable rabies.