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IL man dies of rabies after waking up with a bat on his neck, declining vaccine
- iab 5y agoWriters at The Onion giving up and going home after seeing this headline
- perihelions 5y agoPost-exposure rabies prophylaxis can cost north of $10,000 in the USA [0]. The article is remiss in neglecting to mention this (leading the reader to draw uncharitable inferences about the victim). But I won't assume uncharitable intent on the reporter's part: they're just a hapless intern (per the byline). [0] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/7/16851134/rabies-treament-expensive-emergency-room https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/7/16851134/ra... edit: Related HN thread, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28697894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28697894 ("The high cost of surviving rabies")
- kaminar 5y agoPlot twist: last name Alucard