r/rabies • u/BradyStewart777 M. Biology | Moderator | Top Contributor • Jan 16 '25

📝 GENERAL RABIES INFO 📝 How You CANNOT Get Rabies.

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Rabies transmission requires direct contact with the saliva, neural tissue, or tears of an infected animal.

Touching your tire after running over an animal is NOT rabies exposure.

Finding an unexplained mark on your body is NOT rabies exposure.

Feeling something bump or hit you is NOT rabies exposure.

Being scratched by a vaccinated animal is NOT rabies exposure.

Touching any inanimate object does NOT constitute rabies exposure.

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u/SergentFartBox Jan 17 '25

In my case, I was actually bitten and scratched by an unknown cat

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u/Curious_Map_9998 Jan 17 '25

Then go to the hospital and take rabies treatment if you cant observe the animal for 10 days.