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The problem here wasn't getting bit, it was not getting vaccinated. It took a month for symptoms to appear (which is typical) and at that point it's too late.
by slibhb 2y ago
The problem here wasn't getting bit, it was not getting vaccinated. It took a month for symptoms to appear (which is typical) and at that point it's too late.
Growing up, it wasn't too uncommon for a bat to get stuck in the house. Mostly you can just open a door and it will find its way out. If not, it will get tired and you can bring it outside while it's asleep. If you get bit, you need to get vaccinated.
- mingus88 2y agoI occasionally have birds fly into my garage and need help getting out. They will fixate on the large window and need some help finding their way out But, yeah, bats who echolocate don’t really need help, do they? Sad that the woman’s good faith efforts to peacefully move the animal was far more dangerous than she could have known
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> the woman’s good faith efforts to peacefully move the animal was far more dangerous than she could have known The bat and the bite weren’t dangerous, her decision not to seek medical attention after being bitten by a bat was.
- margalabargala 2y agoThe bite was in fact pretty clearly dangerous.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago[flagged]
- kimixa 2y agoAt some point the reduction of what is to "blame" becomes ridiculous. Getting stabbed wasn't dangerous. The blood loss was. The blood loss wasn't dangerous, cerebral hypoxia was.
- Mordisquitos 2y agoTo be fair, we do not know whether she actively decided not to get vaccinated for rabies after her encounter. She may have been ignorant of the need to do so.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoFair enough, I changed the language to avoid that misreading.
- shaky-carrousel 2y agoI threw a towel to it and moved it outside. It got pretty stuck to the towel so I left it in the garden.
- elzbardico 2y agoMy first instinct would be to shoot it with birdshot. But that would be stupid, as now there will be no way to know if the bat is sick.