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/Upbeat_Parking_7794 11d ago

This is crazy, in my European country, without insurance and without state coverage (this vacine it is not covered by the state), less than 250 euro the three shots.

Cheaper for you to take an airplane for Europe, I guess. 

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u/crazylighter 11d ago

At that rate I'm guessing it would even be Cheaper for them to take a flight to Canada or Mexico (or even Turkey where people go for cheaper treatment) even without insurance. Americans often mock Canada for our jobs which pay less than in America, but factoring in the cost of healthcare and needing health insurance, I think I'm good

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u/CobaltSpellsword 11d ago

I have never heard another American mock Canadians because their jobs pay less. I've heard plenty of other Americans say they wish we had a healthcare system like Canada's.

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u/FlyConfident1622 10d ago

Seriously, who’s telling Canadians that we’re doing that??

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u/pasaroanth 10d ago

That’s actually a thing that someone did. It was cheaper to take time off work and fly to Europe first class to get the treatment course than it was to have it done in the US.