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Some vaccines are effective after exposure. The rabies vaccine for example is commonly given to people after exposure. As long as it is given soon, it can save
by dreamcompiler 6y ago
Some vaccines are effective after exposure. The rabies vaccine for example is commonly given to people after exposure. As long as it is given soon, it can save your life.
- DubiousPusher 6y agoI could be wrong but I'm not sure the rabbies vaccine is a good example. Because even though it is effective after rabbies enters the body I'm not sure it is effective after the initial immune response which may only occur once the virus reaches the central nervous system. Not saying you're wrong, I just genuinely don't know if an immune response is triggered by the virus before that.
- dreamcompiler 6y agoGoing from memory here so I may be wrong, but rabies takes a while to travel along nerve pathways from the bite site to your brain, and that's why the vaccine has time to work.