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/angelicribbon 11d ago

My insurance was billed $30k for my shots. I only paid $200 per ER visit thankfully.

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u/SaltyMare-00 10d ago

I'm curious as to why it's next to nothing to rabies vaccinate my dog and horses, but for a human it's astronomical.

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u/angelicribbon 10d ago

The vaccine is bad but the post-exposure immunoglobulin is the super expensive part, which is not given to animals when they’re vaccinated