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3 survivors so far: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-girl-us-survive-rabies/story?id=13830407 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-girl-us-survive-r

3 survivors so far: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-girl-us-survive-rabies/story?id=13830407 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-girl-us-survive-rab...

huytersd 3y ago
For all intents and purposes it’s essentially 100%.
- leosanchez 3y ago
  100% death rate ? Sorry not a native English speaker.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - rootsudo 3y ago
    You get rabies, you die. Yes. There is one known survivor /w a very esoteric procedure called the milwaukee protocol but it is not considered defacto. Either you're immunized, or you're practically dead.
    - mustacheemperor 3y ago
      The Milwaukee protocol has now failed to replicate successfully so many times it’s been discouraged from future use because with just one exception all it did was prolong the suffering.
      - goku12 3y ago
        How does it prolong the suffering? Do patients under induced coma feel the effects of the terrible symptoms? Or do you mean something else? I was under the impression that the worst effect of the Milwaukee protocol was being unable to wake up from it.
mullingitover 3y ago
The Milwaukee Protocol may not be all it's cracked up to be[1]. > A total of 29 patients with rabies encephalitis were treated during the described period. Only two patients treated during this period have been reported as survivors. However, in both of these cases the patients failed to develop neutralizing anti-rabies virus antibodies, raising serious doubts about whether these individuals actually had rabies encephalitis. [1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-neurological-sciences/article/critical-appraisal-of-the-milwaukee-protocol-for-rabies-this-failed-approach-should-be-abandoned/8A47C583B24B2B2E43248770F78CC35A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-...
Modified3019 3y ago
Those are iffy “it might not have been rabies” cases. The point is, the rabies makes putting a gun in your mouth and pulling the trigger look safe in comparison.

3 survivors so far: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-girl-us-survive-rabies/story?id=13830407 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-girl-us-survive-rab...

huytersd 3y ago

For all intents and purposes it’s essentially 100%.

leosanchez 3y ago
100% death rate ? Sorry not a native English speaker.
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- rootsudo 3y ago
  You get rabies, you die. Yes. There is one known survivor /w a very esoteric procedure called the milwaukee protocol but it is not considered defacto. Either you're immunized, or you're practically dead.
  - mustacheemperor 3y ago
    The Milwaukee protocol has now failed to replicate successfully so many times it’s been discouraged from future use because with just one exception all it did was prolong the suffering.
    - goku12 3y ago
      How does it prolong the suffering? Do patients under induced coma feel the effects of the terrible symptoms? Or do you mean something else? I was under the impression that the worst effect of the Milwaukee protocol was being unable to wake up from it.

mullingitover 3y ago

The Milwaukee Protocol may not be all it's cracked up to be[1]. > A total of 29 patients with rabies encephalitis were treated during the described period. Only two patients treated during this period have been reported as survivors. However, in both of these cases the patients failed to develop neutralizing anti-rabies virus antibodies, raising serious doubts about whether these individuals actually had rabies encephalitis. [1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-neurological-sciences/article/critical-appraisal-of-the-milwaukee-protocol-for-rabies-this-failed-approach-should-be-abandoned/8A47C583B24B2B2E43248770F78CC35A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-...

Modified3019 3y ago

Those are iffy “it might not have been rabies” cases. The point is, the rabies makes putting a gun in your mouth and pulling the trigger look safe in comparison.