Do you want rabies? This is how you get rabies

Is it really that big of a deal if your dog has autism?

I need to reblog this again because no seriously R A B I E S:

-is basically not treatable once you start showing symptoms. Straight up you will die and not in any kind of fun way. We’re talking flu symptoms that develop into hallucinations, severe hydrophobia, partial paralysis and a slew of other shit.

-99% of rabies cases in the world come from stray dog bites. EXCEPT IN THE US. Rabies vaccines have nearly illuminated the threat from dogs. Our biggest concerns are wild animals like raccoons, skunks, foxes and coyotes and feral cats.

-Rabies is extremely preventable by vaccines and nearly nonexistent in countries where the vaccine is widely available and taken advantage of.

-B U T if people stop VACCINATING THEIR DOGS (and other animals that are susceptible like cats and farm animals like cows, horses and goats) we will likely see a rise in rabies cases among free roaming animals and BECAUSE we dont experience many cases (because of vaccines) and often people arent informed. We know “rabies is bad” but that seems to be it in a lot of cases, I’d wager a lot of people dont knownits transferable from animals to humans at all.

-Most rabies cases in humans are children under 15.

V A C C I N A T E Y O U R A N I M A L S

-brought to you by me, who just did a research project on rabies for one of my MA classes

I have now spoken to 5 different people who have all taken me on the verbal journey from “I don’t ever take my dog to the vet so they get their shots” to “Conspiracy theory involving space aliens, the government, and anti-semitism”, so I do not trust any of these people at ALL