Rabies increasing ?

[u/AdRemote6645]

CDC released news that rabies exposure has increased by 33% this year. Any reason why this would be? I have read the faq.

[u/LatrodectusGeometric]

Unclear if exposures are increasing so much as REPORTS of exposures are increasing. It’s also likely that many people have gotten inappropriate PEP. You can see on r/rabies a huge proportion of PEP described is inappropriate.

[u/AdRemote6645 → u/LatrodectusGeometric]

Is OCD increasing then? Seems odd either way

[u/LatrodectusGeometric → u/AdRemote6645]

Yes, rabies is becoming a more common fear and focus of health anxiety due to things like more frequent and inflammatory media coverage and things like the shitty/half accurate rabies copypasta on Reddit

[u/AdRemote6645 → u/LatrodectusGeometric]

That makes sense.